Act 21:31 | NET2full | STEP | While they were trying to kill him , a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion .

‏ Acts 21:31

31 While they were trying ^{▼▼tn Grk “seeking.”} to kill him, a report ^{▼▼tn Or “information” (originally concerning a crime; BDAG 1050 s.v. φάσις).} was sent up ^{▼▼tn Grk “went up”; this verb is used because the report went up to the Antonia Fortress where the Roman garrison was stationed.} to the commanding officer ^{▼▼tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). In Greek the term χιλίαρχος (chiliarchos) literally described the “commander of a thousand,” but it was used as the standard translation for the Latin tribunus militum or tribunus militare, the military tribune who commanded a cohort of 600 men.} of the cohort ^{▼▼sn A cohort was a Roman military unit of about 600 soldiers, one-tenth of a legion.} that all Jerusalem was in confusion. ^{▼▼tn BDAG 953 s.v. συγχέω has “Pass. w. act.force be in confusion…ὅλη συγχύννεται ᾿Ιερουσαλήμ 21:31.”}