So he took him, and brought him to the commanding officer, and said, “Paul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”
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So he took him, and brought him to the commanding officer, and said, “Paul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”
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And he toke him and sayd: Paul the presoner called me vnto him and prayed me to brige this youge man vnto the which hath a certayne matter to shewe the.
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So hee tooke him, and brought him to the chiefe captaine, and saide, Paul the prisoner called mee vnto him, and prayed mee to bring this yong man vnto thee, which hath some thing to say vnto thee.
Cross-references (8)
Passages linked to Acts 23:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ephesians 3:1 For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
- Acts 28:17 After three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, “I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
- Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
- Philemon 1:9 yet for love’s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
- Genesis 40:14-15 But remember me when it is well with you. Please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.”
- Luke 7:40 Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” He said, “Teacher, say on.”
- Acts 16:25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
- Acts 27:1 When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 18 So he took him, and brought him to…
18 So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
Ver. 18. Paul the prisoner] But therein happier than any potentate, {Psa 89:27} with all his chains of gold. Τιμη αλυσεις, δεσμα μαργαριται, said Ignatius; my chain is my honour, my links pearls. One hour changed Joseph’s fetters into gold chains, his stocks into a chariot, his jail into a palace, Potiphar’s captive to his master’s Lord, the noise of his gyves {a} into abrech. So and much more than so shall it be with all Christ’s prisoners at his coming: besides their prison comforts in the meanwhile; those divine consolations that Philip Landgrave of Hesse, prisoner to Charles V, for defence of the truth, said that he sensibly felt in the time of his sad captivity, Divinas Martyrum consolationes se sensisse dixit. This made Chrysostom say that he had rather be Paul the prisoner of Jesus Christ than Paul rapped up into the third heaven. (Homil. in Eph 3:1)
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{a} An instrument of torture (invented in the reign of Hen. VIII by Leonard Skevington or Skeffington, Lieutenant of the Tower), which (bringing the head to the knees) so compressed the body as to force the blood from the nose and ears. Also Skevington’s gyves, irons. ŒD
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The centurion took Paul’s kinsman, and went with him,…
The centurion took Paul’s kinsman, and went with him, as he was desired, unto the chief captain, that there might be no mistake, but that he might hear all out of the young man’s own mouth, and be the more affected with it.
The prisoner, or, the chained; for it was customary to chain their prisoners for their greater security. And God is now remembering of Paul in his bonds.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then the chief captain took him by the hand,....…
Then the chief captain took him by the hand,.... Some have thought that the reason of this was, that he expected that the young man had brought him a present in his hand, from Paul; but this is to represent him as a sordid mercenary man, which ought not to be said, without sufficient proof; rather this should be considered as an instance of civility and humanity, and what showed him to be a man of breeding and good manners; and might be done partly out of respect to Paul, and partly to encourage the young man to use freedom in the account he was about to give him:
and went with him aside privately; concluding by his coming from Paul, and perceiving by the account of the centurion, that he had a secret to communicate to him; wherefore it was acting a wise and prudent part to take him into a private room, and hear what he had to say:
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and asked him, what is that thou hast to tell me? thereby giving the young man an opportunity, and encouraging him to relate the secret to him.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And prayed me - And asked me.
And prayed me - And asked me.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. he took him, and brought him, &c.] With…
18. he took him, and brought him, &c.] With soldier-like obedience and raising no questions.
Paul the prisoner] A name which St Paul was often afterwards to apply to himself. Cp. Eph_3:1; Eph_4:1; Phm_1:1; Phm_1:9, &c.
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and prayed me] In the older English the verb “pray” as here used is no more than “ask,” which latter verb is here given by the Rev. Ver., but it is a needless interference with the older diction.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) Paul the prisoner . . .—We may well…
(18) Paul the prisoner . . .—We may well believe that at the time he little thought how long that name would be used of him, first by others and then by himself, until it became as a title of honour in which he seemed to glory almost more than in that of Apostle. (Comp. Eph_3:1; Eph_4:1; Phm_1:1; Phm_1:9.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Saith for said, A.V.; asked for prayed, A.V.; to…
Saith for said, A.V.; asked for prayed, A.V.; to for unto, A.V..
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 17
See notes on verse 17
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Paul the prisoner called me to him
Paul the prisoner called me to him
"Paul the prisoner asked me to come talk with him"
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this young man ... chief captain took him by the hand
Since the chief captain took the young man by the hand and calls him a young man, this suggests Paul's nephew may have been 12 to 15 years old.
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