Acts 23:10

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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

John 7:43

John 10:19

Bible References

Fearing

The Jews having seiz'd this man, were just upon the point to dispatch him, when I march'd with a body to his rescue;

at these words, they were fir'd with indignation, and cry'd out, "great is Diana of the Ephesians."

the whole city was in an uproar, the people crouded together: they seized Paul, dragg'd him out of the temple, and then shut the gates.

Wherefore, my dear brethren, let every one be eager to hear, averse to contradiction, and deaf to passion.

but if envy and contention imbitter your minds, don't think your false pretences can stand against the truth:

you breathe slaughter and revenge for what you cannot obtain.

To take

when the commanding officer order'd him to be brought into the castle, and put to the question by the lash, in order to find out the reason of their exclamations against him.

General references

so that the people were divided in their opinions about him.

There was another schism therefore among the Jews, occasion'd by this discourse.