Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,

Bible References

The chief

Acts 21:31
As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
Acts 23:23
He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, "Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night."
Proverbs 4:16
For they do not sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

Great

Acts 21:35
When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;
Acts 23:10
When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.