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When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;
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The violence against Paul was so extreme that the Roman soldiers had to physically lift him and carry him up the stairs to the fortress. Commentators explain this wasn't just a pushy crowd; their rage was so great that Paul was in imminent danger of being torn apart, and his captors became his rescuers.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Upon the stairs. The stairs which led from the temple to the tower of Antonia. Josephus says, (Jewish Wars, Book 5, Chapter 5, § 8), that …
Upon the stairs (επ τους αναβαθμους). From ανα, up, and βαινω, to go. Late word, in LXX and Koine writers. In the N.T. only…
19th Century
Anglican
When he came upon the stairs . . .—This was one of the flights leading, as has been said, from the tower to the Temple ar…
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The commander formally arrested Paul and ordered him bound with two chains. Undoubtedly he considered him a criminal and was prepared to treat him …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when he came upon the stairs Or steps, which led up to the castle; for it was built upon a very high place, as a…
In the temple, where Paul should have been protected as in a place of safety, he was violently attacked. They falsely charged him with false doctri…
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