Act 21:33 | NET2full | STEP | 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 .

‏ Acts 21:33

33 Then the commanding officer ^{▼▼tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 31.} came up and arrested ^{▼▼tn Grk “seized.”} him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; ^{▼▼tn The two chains would be something like handcuffs (BDAG 48 s.v. ἅλυσις and compare Acts 28:20).} he ^{▼▼tn Grk “and he.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was begun in the translation, and καί (kai) has been replaced with a semicolon. “Then” has been supplied after “he” to clarify the logical sequence.} then asked who he was and what ^{▼▼tn Grk “and what it is”; this has been simplified to “what.”} he had done.