He said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though intending to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him.
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He said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though intending to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him.
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And he sayd: the Iewes are determined to desyre the that thou woldest brynge forth Paul to morowe into the counsell as though they wolde enquyre somwhat of him more parfectly.
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And he saide, The Iewes haue conspired to desire thee, that thou wouldest bring foorth Paul to morow into the Council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly:
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Passages linked to Acts 23:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 23:14-15 They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great curse to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near.”
- Psalms 12:2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
- Daniel 6:5-12 Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.” Then these presidents and local governors assembled together to the king, and said this to him, “King Darius, live forever! All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the local governors, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong decree, that whoever asks a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.” Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before. Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king’s decree: “Haven’t you signed a decree that every man who makes a petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered, “This thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.”
- Acts 23:1 Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to…
20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.
Ver. 20. As though they would] See Act 23:15.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The Jews; both the council, and those forty and…
The Jews; both the council, and those forty and upwards spoken of, in Act 23:12,13.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But do not thou yield unto them,.... Or be…
But do not thou yield unto them,.... Or be persuaded by them, to bring Paul down from the castle to the sanhedrim; this must not be imputed to the young man's pride and vanity, in taking upon him to give advice to the chief captain; but to his great affection for his uncle, which moved him to entreat, rather than to direct him, for which he gives a good reason:
for there lie in wait for him more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him; See Gill on Act 23:12. See Gill on Act 23:13.
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and now are they ready; to execute their designs, being met together, and lying in ambush in some place, between the castle and the place where the sanhedrim met:
looking for a promise from thee; that when the sanhedrim should apply to him, he would promise them to bring Paul down according to their request; and for the making and performing of this promise, these men were waiting.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And he said ... - In what way this…
And he said ... - In what way this young man had received intelligence of this, we can only conjecture. It is not improbable that he was a student under some one of the Jewish teachers, and that he might have learned it of him. It is not at all probable that the purpose of the 40 men would be very closely kept. Indeed, it is evident that they were not themselves very anxious about concealing their oath, as they mentioned it freely to the chief priests and elders, Act 23:14.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 20. as though they would inquire] The oldest MSS.…
20. as though they would inquire] The oldest MSS. give “as though thou wouldest inquire.” It is more probable that this older reading was altered to agree with the plural in Act_23:15, than that the plural was changed into the singular. It was natural enough for the speaker among the Zealots to say to the chief priests “as though ye would inquire,” and it is equally natural that Paul’s nephew, speaking to the chief captain, who had control of the whole proceedings, should say “as though thou wouldest inquire.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Ask thee to bring for desire thee that then…
Ask thee to bring for desire thee that then wouldest bring, A.V.; unto for into, A.V; thou wouldest for they would, A.V. and T.R.; more exactly concerning him for of him more perfectly, A.V. Have agreed. Suntiqhmi occurs four times in the New Testament, of which three are in St. Luke"s writings, (Luk_22:5; this passage; and Act_24:9) and the fourth in Joh_9:22. As though thou wouldest. The R.T., which reads (me) for mellontev, must surely be wrong. It is in contradiction to ver. 15, and makes no sense. The pretext of further inquiry was theirs, not Lysias"s.
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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 The Jews have agreed
The Jews have agreed
This does not mean all Jews, but all of the group that was there. AT: "Some of the Jews have agreed" (See: Synecdoche)
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to bring down Paul
"to bring Paul down from the fortress"
they were going to ask more precisely about his case
"they want to learn more about what Paul has done"
forty men
"40 men" (See: Numbers)
lying in wait for him
"ready to ambush Paul" or "ready to kill Paul"
They have called a curse down on themselves, neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him
"They have sworn to eat or drink nothing until they have killed Paul. And they asked God to curse them if they do not do what they promised to do"
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Jew
Paul
council
curse
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