Acts 21:35
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And when he was come to the stairs, it fell out that he was carried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the people.

for.

Genesis 6:11,12 And the earth was corrupted before God, and was filled with iniquity. . . .

Psalm 55:9 Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.

Psalm 58:2 For in your heart you work iniquity: your hands forge injustice in the earth.

Jeremiah 23:10 Because the land is full of adulterers, because the land hath mourned by reason of cursing, the fields of the desert are dried up: and their course is become evil, and their strength unlike.

Habakkuk 1:2,3 How long, O Lord, shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? shall I cry out to thee suffering violence, and thou wilt not save? . . .

Context
Paul Seized in the Temple
34And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude. And when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle. 35And when he was come to the stairs, it fell out that he was carried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the people. 36For the multitude of the people followed after, crying: Away with him!…
Cross References
Luke 13:7
And he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold, for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree and I find none. Cut it down therefore. Why cumbereth it the ground?

Acts 21:40
And when he had given him leave, Paul standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. And a great silence being made, he spoke unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying:

Lexicon
When
ὅτε (hote)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3753: When, at which time. From hos and te; at which too, i.e. When.

[Paul] reached
ἐγένετο (egeneto)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

steps,
ἀναβαθμούς (anabathmous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 304: From anabaino; a stairway.

he
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

had to be carried
βαστάζεσθαι (bastazesthai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive
Strong's Greek 941: Perhaps remotely derived from the base of basis; to lift, literally or figuratively.

by
ὑπὸ (hypo)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 5259: A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).

the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

soldiers
στρατιωτῶν (stratiōtōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4757: A soldier. From a presumed derivative of the same as stratia; a camper-out, i.e. A warrior.

because of
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

violence
βίαν (bian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 970: Force, violence, strength. Probably akin to bia; force.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

mob.
ὄχλου (ochlou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3793: From a derivative of echo; a throng; by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot.


Additional Translations
When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.

Now when he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd.

And when he came on the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.

And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the crowd;

But when he got upon the stairs it was so that he was borne by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd.

And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the crowd;

And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne by the soldiers, for the violence of the people.

When Paul was going up the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;

When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;

and when he came upon the steps, it happened he was borne by the soldiers, because of the violence of the multitude,
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