Acts 23:24

And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor. And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on - as relays, and to carry baggage; And bring him safe unto Felix the governor (or 'Procurator'). See the notes at Acts 24:24....

12-24 False religious principles, adopted by carnal men, urge on to such wickedness, as human nature would hardly be supposed capable of. Yet the Lord readily disappoints the best concerted schemes of iniquity. Paul knew that the Divine providence acts by reasonable and prudent means; and that, if he neglected to use the means in his power, he could not expect God's providence to work on his behalf. He who will not help himself according to his means and power, has neither reason nor revelation to assure him that he shall receive help from God. Believing in the Lord, we and ours shall be kept from every evil work, and kept to his kingdom. Heavenly Father, give us by thy Holy Spirit, for Christ's sake, this precious faith....

Verse Acts 23:24. _PROVIDE THEM BEASTS_] One for Paul, and some others for his immediate keepers. _FELIX THE GOVERNOR._] This Felix was a freed man of the Emperor Claudius, and brother of Pallas, chief favourite of the emperor. Tacitus calls him _Antonius Felix_; and gives us to understand that he governed with all the authority of a king, and the baseness and insolence of a quondam slave. _E libertis Antonius Felix per omnem_ _saevitiam ac libidinem jus regium servili ingenio exercuit_. Hist. v. 9. He had, according to Suetonius, in his life of Claudius, chap. 28, _three queens_ to his wives; that is, he was married thrice, and each time to the daughter or niece of a king. Drusilla, the sister of Agrippa, was his wife at this time; see Acts 24:24. He was an un

AND PROVIDE THEM BEASTS - One for Paul, and one for each of his attendants. The word translated “beasts” κτήνη ktēnē is of a general character, and may be applied either to horses, camels, or donkeys. The latter were most commonly employed in Judea. UNTO FELIX THE GOVERNOR - The governor of Judea. His place of residence was Caesarea, about 60 miles from Jerusalem. See the notes on Acts 8:40. His name was Antonius Felix. He was a freedman of Antonia, the mother of the Emperor Claudius. He was high in the favor of Claudius, and was made by him governor of Judea. Josephus calls him Claudius Felix. He had married three wives in succession that were of royal families, one of whom was Drusilla, afterward mentioned in...

EXPOSITION ACTS 23:1 _Looking steadfastly on _for _earnestly beholding, _A.V.; _brethren _for _men and brethren, _A.V._; I have lived before God, _etc., for _I have lived, _etc., _before God, _A.V. LOOKING STEADFASTLY; ἀτενίσας, as in Acts 1:10; Acts 3:4, Acts 3:12; Acts 6:15; Acts 7:55; Acts 10:4;...

AND PROVIDE THEM BEASTS,.... Horses or mules; the Syriac version reads in the singular number, "a beast": and one being sufficient for Paul, here may be a change of number; the Arabic and Ethiopic versions leave out these words, but the following clause makes them necessary: THAT THEY MAY SET PAUL ON; on the beast, or on one of the beasts provided; if more than one were provided, they might be for his companions, to go along with him: AND BRING HIM SAFE UNTO FELIX THE GOVERNOR; this man, of a servant, was made a freed man by Claudius Caesar g, and by him appointed in the room of Cumanus governor of Judea h; he was the brother of Pallas, who had the chief management of affairs under the emperor; and this Felix married three persons successively, that were of royal families; hence Suetonius i calls him the husband of three queens; one of these was Drusilla, afterwards mentioned in...

ACTS 23:23-24 The Western text, reconstructed by A. C. Clark on the basis chiefly of 614 itgig, h vgmss syrhmg, reads as follows:…~Etoima,sate stratiw,taj( o[pwj poreuqw/sin e[wj Kaisarei,aj( i`ppei/j e`kato.n kai. dexiola,bouj diakosi,ouj\ kai. avpo. tri,thj w[raj th/j nukto.j keleu,ei e`toi,mouj ei=nai poreu,esqai\ (24) kai. toi/j e`katonta,rcoij parh,ggeilen kth,nh parasth/sai( i[na evpibiba,santej to.n Pau/lon dia. nukto.j diasw,swsin eivj Kaisa,reian pro.j Fh,lika to.n h`gemo,na\ evfobh,qh ga.r mh,pote a`rpa,santej auvto.n oi` VIoudai/oi avpokte,nwsi( kai. auvto.j metaxu. e;gklhsin e;ch| w`j avrgu,rion eivlhfw,j (“… ‘Get ready soldiers to go to Caesarea, _a hundred_ horsemen and two hundred spearmen,’ a...

JEWISH PLOT: REMOVAL OF PAUL. The Jews propose what the tribune, in Acts 22:30 to Acts 23:10, has already done on his own initiative; here we are on historical ground. The hated person being removed from their power, they plan an assassination. Forty of them make themselves a curse (so literally), _i.e._ they are to be accursed if they do not carry out their purpose; and they are to fast till it is done. For this end they apply to the high priests and elders to get the tribune to bring Paul down to a meeting for a further inquiry. No doubt is entertained apparently that the leaders will countenance such a plot. The tribune, who is well disposed to Paul since he discovered his citizenship, at once removes him from danger; but 470 men seem a large force for the purpose. Lysias-' motive in all this apparatus was

THE STRATEGY OF PAUL (Acts 23:1-10)...

BEASTS. Greek. _kten_. _s_. Here; Luke 10:34; 1 Corinthians 15:39; Revelation 18:13. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina._ SET... ON. Greek. _epibibazo._ Here, and Luke 10:34; Luke 19:35. BRING... SAFE. keep him safe and bring him. Figure of speech _Ellipsis._ App-6. Greek. _diasozo._ See Matthew 14:36. FELIX. Claudius made him Procurator of Judsea in A.D. 52. Josephus gives many