When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell.”
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When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell.”
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Afterwarde when it was shewed me how that the Iewes layde wayte for the man I sent him strayght waye to the and gave commaundment to his accusars yf they had ought agaynst him to tell it vnto the: fare well.
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And when it was shewed me, how that the Iewes layd waite for the man, I sent him straightway to thee, and commanded his accusers to speake before thee the thinges that they had against him. Farewell.
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Passages linked to Acts 23:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 23:20 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.
- Acts 23:35 “I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive.” He commanded that he be kept in Herod’s palace.
- Acts 24:6-8 He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him. By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him.”
- Acts 24:19 They ought to have been here before you, and to make accusation, if they had anything against me.
- Acts 25:5-6 “Let them therefore”, he said, “that are in power among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him.” When he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.
- Acts 25:16 I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction before the accused has met the accusers face to face and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.
- Acts 9:24 but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,
- Acts 15:29 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell.”
- Acts 23:12 When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
- 2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 30. When it was showed to me. The second…
30. When it was showed to me. The second part of the epistle where the chief captain doth bring the adversaries into contempt, because they went about to kill Paul treacherously. Whence it is also gathered, that they trouble Paul unjustly, and that they sought so sore against his life without any cause. For if they had persecuted him lawfully, they would have trusted to the goodness of their cause, and not have suffered him to be judged according to law. Now, when as they seek to kill him, it appeareth that they have no reason.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 30 And when it was told me how that…
30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
Ver. 30. And gave commandment to his accusers] For no man is bound to accuse himself; and, De secretis non iudicat lex. In the courts of men it is safest to plead Non feci, not guilty, saith Quintilian (though in God’s court it is otherwise).
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The Jews laid wait for the man; this reflects…
The Jews laid wait for the man; this reflects upon the Jews, as being seditious, and ready to attempt against the government; as also gives the governor an account why he troubled him with this prisoner, and why he sent so great a guard with him.
Farewell; the usual prayer wherewith they ended their letters, as in Act 15:29.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On the morrow they left the horsemen to go…
On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him,.... That is, the two hundred soldiers, and the two hundred spearmen, who were all on foot, left the seventy horsemen to conduct Paul to Caesarea; for being come to Antipatris, all danger from the Jews was over:
and returned to the castle; the castle Antonia in Jerusalem, from whence they set out.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 30. I sent straightway to thee] As the…
Verse 30. I sent straightway to thee] As the proper person before whom this business should ultimately come, and by whom it should be decided.
Farewell.] εππωσο, Be in good health.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain gave commandment to his accusers . . . to…
gave commandment to his accusers . . . to say before thee--This was not done when he wrote, but would be before the letter reached its destination.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 30. And when it was told me how that…
30. And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man] In the oldest MSS. there is no mention made of “the Jews.” The Rev. Ver. therefore renders “and when it was shewn to me that there would be a plot against the man.”
I sent straightway to thee] i.e. I sent him. The pronoun is supplied in the Rev. Ver. as needful to the sense. Of course Lysias implies by his language that he felt that Felix was a more fit person than himself to deal with such a case.
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and gave commandment, &c.] By reason of the text in the oldest MSS. the Rev. Ver. has, in the latter part of this clause, “to speak against him before thee.” The word “Farewell” is also unsupported by the earliest authorities.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (30) Farewell.—The closing formula, like the opening one, agrees…
(30) Farewell.—The closing formula, like the opening one, agrees with that used in the letter of the Council of Jerusalem. The “commandment” given to the accusers to go down to Cæsarea was probably given in answer to the high priest’s application for another inquiry before the Sanhedrin. We are not told what became of the vow of the forty conspirators. They doubtless considered themselves absolved from it as soon as they heard of the prisoner’s removal, and their fast probably did not last longer than eighteen or twenty hours.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Shown to for told, A.V.; that there would be…
Shown to for told, A.V.; that there would be a plot against for how that the Jews laid wait for. A.V. and T.R.; I sent him to thee forthwith for I sent straightway to thee, A.V.; charging for and gave commandment to, A.V.; to speak against him before thee for to say before thee what they had against him, A.V.; the R.T. omits farewell, in the A.V.. That there would be a plot, etc. Two constructions are mixed up either by the writer of the letter, or by the transcriber. One would be Mhnuqeishv de moi ejpiboulhv thv melloushv esesqai, "When I was informed of the plot which was about to be laid against him;" the other, Mhnuqentov moi ejpiboulhllein esesqai, "When I was informed that a plot was going to be laid," etc. Against the man; pron, as Act_6:1; gein 1Co_6:1. But le prov (instead of kata), "to speak against" any one, is an unusual phrase. The T.R., which is retained by Mill, Alford, Wordsworth, Meyer, etc., is far more probable.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 23
See notes on verse 23
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