Acts 23:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.

Fearing

To take

Acts 22:24

General references

Proverbs 24:11

John 7:43

John 10:19

Bible References

Fearing

This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.

When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

Then all the city was stirred up, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.

"Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!

who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones in pieces and chop them up like meat in a pot, like flesh in a cauldron.

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

To take

the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this.

General references

Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.

So there was a division among the people over him.

There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.