The people arguing were getting out of control. The commanding officer was afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them. So he ordered the soldiers to go down and take him away from them by force. The officer had told them to bring Paul into the fort.

那时大起争吵，千夫长恐怕保罗被他们扯碎了，就吩咐兵丁下去，把他从众人当中抢出来，带进营楼去。

那时争辩越来越大，千夫长恐怕保罗被他们扯碎了，就命令士兵下去，把他从众人当中抢出来，带进营楼去。

那时争辩越来越大，千夫长恐怕保罗被他们扯碎了，就命令士兵下去，把他从众人当中抢出来，带进营楼去。

争论越来越激烈，千夫长怕保罗会被他们扯碎了，就派人把他从人群中救出来，带回军营。

争论越来越大，千夫长怕保罗被他们撕碎了，就吩咐士兵下去，把他从人群中抢救出来，带到营楼去。

争执越来越激烈，千夫长担心保罗会被他们撕碎，就命令军队下去，把保罗从他们当中抢出来，带回营楼里。

那時大起爭吵，千夫長恐怕保羅被他們扯碎了，就吩咐兵丁下去，把他從眾人當中搶出來，帶進營樓去。

那時爭辯越來越大，千夫長恐怕保羅被他們扯碎了，就命令士兵下去，把他從眾人當中搶出來，帶進營樓去。

那時爭辯越來越大，千夫長恐怕保羅被他們扯碎了，就命令士兵下去，把他從眾人當中搶出來，帶進營樓去。

爭論越來越激烈，千夫長怕保羅會被他們扯碎了，就派人把他從人群中救出來，帶回軍營。

爭論越來越大，千夫長怕保羅被他們撕碎了，就吩咐士兵下去，把他從人群中搶救出來，帶到營樓去。

那紛爭越來越大，千夫長恐怕保羅給他們扯碎了，就命令士兵下去，將保羅從他們中間搶出來，帶進營樓。

爭執越來越激烈，千夫長擔心保羅會被他們撕碎，就命令軍隊下去，把保羅從他們當中搶出來，帶回營樓裡。

時、大起紛爭、千夫長恐保羅被眾扯裂、命軍士下、於眾中奪之、引之入營、○

時大亂、千夫長恐保羅被眾分裂、命軍士下、於眾中奪之、引入營、

時大相爭論、千夫長恐保羅被眾分裂、命兵卒下、奪於眾中、引入營堡、

其時爭論甚烈、千總恐葆樂為眾所裂、乃調兵自眾中攫之出、而攜之入營。

The dispute became so violent that the commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them. He ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force and bring him into the barracks.

And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into the barracks.

As the conflict grew more violent, the commander was afraid they would tear Paul apart. So he ordered his soldiers to go and rescue him by force and take him back to the fortress.

When the dispute became violent, the commander feared that Paul might be torn apart by them and ordered the troops to go down, take him away from them, and bring him into the barracks.

And when a great dissension occurred, the commander was afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, and he ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.

Now when there arose a great dissension, the commander, fearing lest Paul might be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.

When the dispute became violent, the commander feared that Paul might be torn apart by them and ordered the troops to go down, rescue him from them, and bring him into the barracks.

And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring[ him] into the castle.

When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.

When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

So the commanding officer ordered that Paul be taken into the fort. He gave orders for Paul to be whipped and questioned. He wanted to find out why the people were shouting at him like this.

But suppose your hearts are jealous and bitter. Suppose you are concerned only about getting ahead. Then don’t brag about it. And don’t say no to the truth.Wisdom like this doesn’t come down from heaven. It belongs to the earth. It doesn’t come from the Holy Spirit. It comes from the devil.Are you jealous? Are you concerned only about getting ahead? Then your life will be a mess. You will be doing all kinds of evil things.But the wisdom that comes from heaven is pure. That’s the most important thing about it. And that’s not all. It also loves peace. It thinks about others. It obeys. It is full of mercy and good fruit. It is fair. It doesn’t pretend to be what it is not.Those who make peace plant it like a seed. They will harvest a crop of right living.Why do you fight and argue among yourselves? Isn’t it because of your sinful desires? They fight within you.You want something, but you don’t have it. So you kill. You want what others have, but you can’t get what you want. So you argue and fight. You don’t have what you want, because you don’t ask God.

My dear brothers and sisters, pay attention to what I say. Everyone should be quick to listen. But they should be slow to speak. They should be slow to get angry.

“ You who forget God, think about this. If you don’t, I will tear you to pieces. No one will be able to save you.

You eat my people’s bodies. You strip off their skin. You break their bones in pieces. You chop them up like meat. You put them in a cooking pot.”

The Jews grabbed Paul. They were about to kill him. But I came with my soldiers and saved him. I had learned that he is a Roman citizen.

The next day they let the horsemen go on with him. The soldiers returned to the fort.

When they heard this, they became very angry. They began shouting,“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”Soon people were making trouble in the whole city. They all rushed into the theater. They dragged Gaius and Aristarchus along with them. These two men had come with Paul from Macedonia.Paul wanted to appear in front of the crowd. But the believers wouldn’t let him.Some of the officials in Asia Minor were friends of Paul. They sent him a message, begging him not to go into the theater.

If you don’t, they will tear me apart as if they were lions. They will rip me to pieces so that no one can save me.

But Paul’s nephew heard about this plan. So he went into the fort and told Paul.

The whole city was stirred up. People came running from all directions. They grabbed Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Right away the temple gates were shut.The people were trying to kill Paul. But news reached the commander of the Roman troops. He heard that people were making trouble in the whole city of Jerusalem.Right away he took some officers and soldiers with him. They ran down to the crowd. The people causing the trouble saw the commander and his soldiers. So they stopped beating Paul.The commander came up and arrested Paul. He ordered him to be held with two chains. Then he asked who Paul was and what he had done.Some in the crowd shouted one thing, some another. But the commander couldn’t get the facts because of all the noise. So he ordered that Paul be taken into the fort.Paul reached the steps. But then the mob became so wild that he had to be carried by the soldiers.The crowd that followed kept shouting,“ Get rid of him!”