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 they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.

When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.

Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.

Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.

You devour my people's flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot -- like meat in a kettle.

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.

Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?

To take

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

General references

Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.

So there was a division in the crowd because of Jesus.

Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words.