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  • Acts 21:31
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 31 While they were trying to kill him, word reached the commander of the army unit that all Jerusalem was in confusion;

  • Acts 21:31
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 31 Ζητούντων Of (ones) seeking τε and αὐτὸν him ἀποκτεῖναι to kill ἀνέβη stepped up φάσις showing τῷ to the χιλιάρχῳ chiliarch τῆς of the σπείρης band ὅτι that ὅλη whole συνχύννεται is being confused Ἰερουσαλήμ, Jerusalem,

  • Acts 21:31
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 31 And while they were seeking to kill him, information came up to the commander* of the band that all Jerusalem was in confusion;+

  • Acts 21:31
    The Bible in Living English
    • 31 and as they were trying to kill him, information that Jerusalem was all in a turmoil came up to the tribune of the cohort,

  • Acts 21:31
    American Standard Version
    • 31 And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

  • Acts 21:31
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 31 When also they were seeking to slay him there was carried up information unto the captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion:—

  • Acts 21:31
    King James Version
    • 31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

  • Acts
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026
    • 21:31 it-1 892; it-2 45

  • Acts
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 21:31 ad 623, 913

  • Acts
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 21:31

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 892

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 45

  • Acts Study Notes—Chapter 21
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 21:31

      the commander: The Greek term khi·liʹar·khos (chiliarch) literally means “ruler of a thousand,” that is, soldiers. It refers to a Roman military commander called a tribune. (See study note on Joh 18:12.) In about 56 C.E., Claudius Lysias was the military commander of the Jerusalem garrison. (Ac 23:22, 26) As recounted in Acts chapters 21 through 24, he was the one who rescued Paul both from the street mob and from the rioting Sanhedrin and who wrote a letter of explanation to Governor Felix when Paul was secretly taken to Caesarea.

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