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Thenτότεthe commanderὁ χιλίαρχοςcame near,ἐγγίσαςtook hold ofἐπελάβετοhim,αὐτοῦandκαὶordered himἐκέλευσεto be boundδεθῆναιwith twoδυσίchains,ἁλύσεσιandκαὶhe was inquiringἐπυνθάνετοwhoτίςhe wasεἴηandκαὶwhatτίhe had done.ἐστιν πεποιηκώς
Acts 21:33
Study it in the app“Then the commander came near, took hold of him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains, and he was inquiring who he was and what he had done.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 21:33, word by word
- Thenτότεtote
then
Then, at that time.
Where else “tote” appears- the commanderχιλίαρχοςchiliarchos
commander
Commander: an officer over a thousand soldiers.
Where else “chiliarchos” appears- came nearἐγγίσαςengisas
come near
Come near, draw near; be at hand.
Where else “engisas” appears- took hold ofἐπελάβετοepelabeto
seize
To grip someone, or arrest them.
Where else “epelabeto” appears- ordered himἐκέλευσεekeleuse
order, command
Order, command, give the word for something to be done.
Where else “ekeleuse” appears- to be boundδεθῆναιdethēnai
bind
To fasten someone or something with ropes.
Where else “dethēnai” appears- with twoδυσίdysi
two
Two.
Where else “dysi” appears- chainsἁλύσεσιhalysesi
chain
Chain.
Where else “halysesi” appears- he was inquiringἐπυνθάνετοepynthaneto
ask
To ask questions to find out something one does not know.
Where else “epynthaneto” appears- he wasεἴηeiē
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eiē” appears- he had doneπεποιηκώςpepoiēkōs
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “pepoiēkōs” appears
The context
32He at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
33 · This verse (above)
34But some in the crowd were shouting one thing and some another; and as he could not learn the certainty because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.
To study Acts 21 in a group
1. What it says
What does the prophet Agabus do, and what do the believers who hear him ask of Paul? (vv. 10-12)
2. What it means
What does Paul answer those who weep to keep him from going up to Jerusalem, and how do they react? (vv. 13-14)
3. How I live it
Paul's friends wanted to protect him, but in the end said "The Lord's will be done" (v. 14). When is it hard for you to let someone you love go?