‘Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and enquired who he was, and what he had done.'
Breaking through the crowd, and aware that he might be dealing with a dangerous criminal, the chief captain seized him and then commanded that he be put in ‘two chains', one for the hands and one for the feet. (Compare the prophecy of Agabus - Acts 21:11). Then he enquired as to who he was and what he had done.