Acts 21:33 - Compare All Versions
Acts 21:33 NIV (New International Version)
The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
Acts 21:33 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.
Acts 21:33 NLT (New Living Translation)
Then the commander arrested him and ordered him bound with two chains. He asked the crowd who he was and what he had done.
Acts 21:33 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Then the commander approached, took him into custody, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He asked who he was and what he had done.
Acts 21:33 KJV (King James Version)
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.
Acts 21:33 NKJV (New King James Version)
Then the commander came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and he asked who he was and what he had done.
Acts 21:33-36 MSG (The Message)
The captain came up and put Paul under arrest. He first ordered him handcuffed, and then asked who he was and what he had done. All he got from the crowd were shouts, one yelling this, another that. It was impossible to tell one word from another in the mob hysteria, so the captain ordered Paul taken to the military barracks. But when they got to the Temple steps, the mob became so violent that the soldiers had to carry Paul. As they carried him away, the crowd followed, shouting, “Kill him! Kill him!”
Acts 21:33 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
Then the commander came up and took hold of him, and ordered that he be bound with two chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done.
Acts 21:33 AMP (Amplified Bible)
Then the commander came up and arrested Paul, and ordered that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
Acts 21:33 NET (New English Translation)
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.