30 The whole city was in chaos, and a mob formed. The mob grabbed Paul and dragged him out of the temple courtyard. The courtyard doors were immediately shut.
31 As the people were trying to kill Paul, the officer in charge of the Roman soldiers received a report that all Jerusalem was rioting.
32 Immediately, he took some soldiers and officers and charged the crowd. When the crowd saw the officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
33 Then the officer went to Paul, grabbed him, and ordered him to be tied up with two chains.The officer asked who Paul was and what he had done.
34 Some of the crowd shouted one thing, while others shouted something else. The officer couldn’t get any facts because of the noise and confusion, so he ordered Paul to be taken into the barracks.
35 When Paul came to the stairs of the barracks, the crowd was so violent that the soldiers had to carry him.
36 The mob was behind them shouting, “Kill him!”