ACTs 21:33 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) The commander came close and took hold of Paul and ordered that he be tied up with a pair of chains while he tried to find out who he was and what he’d done wrong.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Then, approaching, the commander took hold of him and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and he was asking who he might be and what he had done.

UST Then the commander came to where Paul was and took hold of him. He commanded soldiers to fasten a chain to each of Paul’s arms. Then he asked the people in the crowd, “Who is this man, and what has he done?”

BSB § The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

BLB Then having drawn near, the commander laid hold of him and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and began inquiring who he might be and what it is he has been doing.

AICNT Then the chief captain came near, took hold of him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he might be and what he had done.

OEB Then he went up to Paul, arrested him, ordered him to be doubly chained, and proceeded to inquire who he was, and what he had been doing.

WEBBE Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and enquired who he was and what he had done.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; he then asked who he was and what he had done.

LSV Then the chief captain, having come near, took him, and commanded [him] to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he has been doing,

FBV Then the commander came over and arrested Paul, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He asked who he was, and what he had done.

TCNT Then the commander came up, took him into custody, and commanded him to be bound with two chains. He then asked who he was and what he had done.

T4T The commander came to where Paul was and seized him. He commanded soldiers to fasten a chain to each of Paul’s arms. Then he asked the people in the crowd, “Who is this man, and what has he done?”

LEB Then the military tribune came up and[fn] arrested him and ordered him[fn] to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what it was that he had done.

21:33 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb

21:33 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

BBE Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done.

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Wymth Then the Tribune, making his way to him, arrested him, and, having ordered him to be secured with two chains, proceeded to ask who he was and what he had been doing.

ASV Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.

DRA Then the tribune coming near, took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains: and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

YLT Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded [him] to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,

Drby Then the chiliarch came up and laid hold upon him, and commanded [him] to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he might be, and what he had done.

RV Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.

Wbstr Then the chief captain came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains: and inquired who he was, and what he had done.

KJB-1769 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

KJB-1611 Then the chiefe captain came neere, and tooke him, & commanded him to be bound with two chains, and demanded who he was, and what hee had done.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Then the chiefe captaine came neare, & toke hym, and comaunded hym to be bounde with two chaynes, & demaunded who he was, & what he had done.
(Then the chief captain came neare, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and demaunded who he was, and what he had done.)

Gnva Then the chiefe Captaine came neere and tooke him, and commanded him to be bound with two chaines, and demaunded who he was, and what he had done.
(Then the chief Captain came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and demaunded who he was, and what he had done. )

Cvdl Whan the captayne came nye, he toke him, and commaunded him to be bounde with two cheynes, and axed what he was, and what he had done.
(When the captain came near, he took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and asked what he was, and what he had done.)

TNT Then the captayne came neare and toke him and commaunded him to be bounde with two chaynes and demaunded what he was and what he had done.
(Then the captain came near and took him and commanded him to be bound with two chains and demaunded what he was and what he had done. )

Wycl Thanne the tribune cam, and cauyte hym, and comaundide, that he were boundun with twei cheynes; and axide, who he was, and what he hadde don.
(Then the tribune came, and cauyte him, and commanded, that he were bound with two chains; and asked, who he was, and what he had done.)

Luth Als aber der Hauptmann nahe herzukam, nahm er ihn an sich und hieß ihn binden mit zwo Ketten und fragte, wer er wäre, und was er getan hätte.
(Als but the/of_the headmann nahe herzukam, took he him/it at itself/yourself/themselves and was_called him/it binden with zwo Ketten and fragte, who he wäre, and what/which he did hätte.)

ClVg Tunc accedens tribunus apprehendit eum, et jussit eum alligari catenis duabus: et interrogabat quis esset, et quid fecisset.
(Tunc accedens tribunus apprehendit him, and yussit him alligari catenis duabus: and interrogabat who/any esset, and quid fecisset. )

UGNT τότε ἐγγίσας, ὁ χιλίαρχος ἐπελάβετο αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκέλευσε δεθῆναι ἁλύσεσι δυσί, καὶ ἐπυνθάνετο τίς εἴη καὶ τί ἐστιν πεποιηκώς.
(tote engisas, ho ⱪiliarⱪos epelabeto autou, kai ekeleuse dethaʸnai halusesi dusi, kai epunthaneto tis eiaʸ kai ti estin pepoiaʸkōs.)

SBL-GNT ⸂τότε ἐγγίσας⸃ ὁ χιλίαρχος ἐπελάβετο αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκέλευσε δεθῆναι ἁλύσεσι δυσί, καὶ ἐπυνθάνετο ⸀τίς εἴη καὶ τί ἐστιν πεποιηκώς.
(⸂tote engisas⸃ ho ⱪiliarⱪos epelabeto autou kai ekeleuse dethaʸnai halusesi dusi, kai epunthaneto ⸀tis eiaʸ kai ti estin pepoiaʸkōs.)

TC-GNT [fn]Ἐγγίσας δὲ ὁ χιλίαρχος ἐπελάβετο αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκέλευσε δεθῆναι ἁλύσεσι δυσί· καὶ ἐπυνθάνετο τίς [fn]ἂν εἴη, καὶ τί ἐστι πεποιηκώς.
(Engisas de ho ⱪiliarⱪos epelabeto autou, kai ekeleuse dethaʸnai halusesi dusi; kai epunthaneto tis an eiaʸ, kai ti esti pepoiaʸkōs. )

21:33 εγγισας δε ¦ τοτε εγγισας CT TR

21:33 αν ¦ — CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐκέλευσε δεθῆναι ἁλύσεσι δυσί

commanded_‹him› /to_be/_bound ˱with˲_chains two

These means implicitly that the commander ordered his soldiers to chain Paul to one soldier on each side of him. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “commanded him to be chained to one soldier on each side of him”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐκέλευσε δεθῆναι

commanded_‹him› /to_be/_bound

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “commanded his soldiers to bind him”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

ἐπυνθάνετο τίς εἴη καὶ τί ἐστιν πεποιηκώς

˱he˲_/was/_inquiring who ˱he˲_might_be and what ˱he˲_is /having/_done

It may be more natural in your language to have a direct quotation here. Alternate translation: “he was asking, ‘Who is this? What has he done?’”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐπυνθάνετο

˱he˲_/was/_inquiring

Luke means implicitly that the commander was asking the people in the crowd these questions, not that he was asking them of Paul. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “he was asking the people in the crowd”

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The Final Stops along Paul’s Third Missionary Journey

Acts 21

The final days of Paul’s third missionary journey are a beautiful snapshot of the love and hospitality that characterized the early church. The story picks up just after Paul and his coworkers had boarded a ship in Patara on the Lycian coast and headed for Phoenicia. They landed at the international commercial hub of Tyre, where the ship unloaded its cargo. While they were there they found some believers and stayed with them for seven days. Such an unannounced and lengthy request for hospitality would likely be met with offense and resentment by many in the Western world today, but in ancient times travel and lodging were not always safe, and accommodations with a trusted friend were highly valued–by both host and guest–for just as hosts provided guests with safe, warm lodging, guests often provided hosts with news updates or cherished greetings from loved ones far away. Thus, hospitality for traveling believers became a hallmark of the early church as they sought to care for the needs of those within the family of God, regardless of their personal familiarity with them (see 2 John 10; 3 John 5-8). During this time in Tyre, the believers, no doubt aware of Jewish animosity against Paul, urged Paul not to go to Jerusalem. Yet Paul was determined to continue his journey, so all the believers and their entire families escorted him to the beach where he was to board another ship. There they knelt down, prayed, and said their farewells. The next day Paul arrived in Ptolemais and stayed with believers there for one day. Then he set sail for Caesarea, the headquarters of Roman forces in Palestine and also the home of Philip the Evangelist, a prominent deacon in the church who had led many Samaritans, an Ethiopian royal official, and many people along the coast to faith in Christ (Acts 6:1-7; 8:1-40). While he was there, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea and warned Paul of his impending arrest in Jerusalem if he continued on. When other believers heard this, they began to weep and urged Paul not to go. Yet Paul remained resolute, and after several days he and his coworkers headed to Jerusalem. Some believers from Caesarea traveled with Paul and made arrangements for him to stay with a believer named Mnason from Cyprus. Paul was warmly received by believers in Jerusalem, and the next day he visited James and the other elders of the church. He recounted to them all the things God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry, and they praised God. They also mentioned, however, that many Jews living in Jerusalem had been hearing false reports that Paul was teaching Jews to abandon the laws of Moses. So they requested that Paul take part in and even pay for a vow ceremony (likely a nazirite vow; see Numbers 6) for four men to demonstrate that he still observed and valued the law of Moses. Paul agreed, but, ironically, it was this very act of obedience to the law of Moses that ultimately led to a riot among the Jews, for some of them accused Paul of defiling the holy place by bringing Greeks into the Temple.

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