But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks.
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But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks.
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On the morowe they lefte horsmen to goo with him and returned vnto the castle.
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And the next day, they left the horsemen to goe with him, and returned vnto the Castel.
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Passages linked to Acts 23:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 23:10 When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.
- Acts 23:23 He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night.”
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 32. And the next day. Though Luke did not…
32. And the next day. Though Luke did not express before that the soldiers were commanded to return before they came at their way’s end, yet it is certain, that they were appointed to accompany him only unto that place where the chief captain thought Paul would be safe; for he went out privily in the night. And the chief captain knew that so soon as they had finished some part of their journey, there was no farther danger, because the adversaries could have no hope to overtake him; and that it was no point of wisdom to send part of the garrison far away.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to…
32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
Ver. 32. And returned to the castle] Whereof see Act 21:34.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The footmen returned to the castle or fort of…
The footmen returned to the castle or fort of Antonia in Jerusalem, from whence they did set out, there being no fear of any such design upon Paul at that distance from Jerusalem, which the horsemen might not easily avoid.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when the governor, had read the letter,.... Which…
And when the governor, had read the letter,.... Which he doubtless opened and read as soon as he had received it, not knowing what important business might be contained in it, or of what dangerous consequence a neglect of reading it might be; this showed care and diligence in him:
he asked of what province he was; since he perceived by the letter he was a Roman, and that he might know whether he was under his jurisdiction, and whether the hearing of his case belonged to him; and it should seem that it rather belonged to the governor of Syria; but that the crimes he was charged with were committed in Judea, particularly that of profaning the temple.
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And when he understood that he was of Cilicia; which was a Roman province, in which Tarsus was, where Paul was born free; Act 21:39.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 32. On the morrow they left the horsemen]…
Verse 32. On the morrow they left the horsemen] Being now so far from Jerusalem, they considered Paul in a state of safety from the Jews, and that the seventy horse would be a sufficient guard; the four hundred foot, therefore, returned to Jerusalem, and the horse went on to Caesarea with Paul. We need not suppose that all this troop did reach Antipatris on the same night in which they left Jerusalem; therefore, instead of, they brought him by night to Antipatris, we may understand the text thus-Then the soldiers took Paul by night, and brought him to Antipatris. And the thirty-second verse need not to be understood as if the foot reached the castle of Antonia the next day, (though all this was possible,) but that, having reached Antipatris, and refreshed themselves, they set out the same day, on their march to Jerusalem; on the morrow they returned, that is, they began their march back again to the castle. See Clarke on Ac 24:1.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain They left the horsemen - As they were then…
They left the horsemen - As they were then beyond the danger of the conspirators, the soldiers who had guarded them thus far returned to Jerusalem.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On the morrow they--the infantry.
On the morrow they--the infantry.
left the horsemen--themselves no longer needed as a guard. The remaining distance was about twenty-five or twenty-six miles.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 32. The morrow—After their arrival at Antipatris, being forty…
32. The morrow—After their arrival at Antipatris, being forty miles from Jerusalem, and twenty-six miles yet to Cesarea. At this distance from Jerusalem, all danger of attack from the Jewish conspirators having ceased, the infantry return home, leaving Paul in charge of the cavalry escort. Luke’s narrative no more visits Jerusalem.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 32. On the morrow] The original has a conjunction…
32. On the morrow] The original has a conjunction which the Rev. Ver. represents by “But.” These men would return to Jerusalem again on the day of the intended plot.
they left the horsemen to go with him] Now that they were far away from Jerusalem and in no fear of a surprise, seventy horsemen were guard enough for the remainder of the way. But it may give us some idea of the dangerous state of the country at the time when we consider that the chief captain thought it needful to send with this one prisoner a guard of 470 soldiers. We may also form some idea of what the garrison in Jerusalem must have been when so many men could be detached at a moment’s notice.
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and returned to the castle] Apparently coming back as quickly as it was possible for them to do so. As the road was one much travelled they were probably able to obtain a change of horses here and there.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain But on for on, A.V. On the morrow, after…
But on for on, A.V. On the morrow, after their departure from Jerusalem, not, as Alford suggests, after their departure from Antipatris. It was a forced march, and therefore would not occupy two days and a night.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 31
See notes on verse 31
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