Not that they came to Antipatris by night; but they began that journey by night, as Acts 23:23, and went as much of it as they could by night, for fear of being discovered, and attempted upon by the Jews. This Antipatris was built by Herod the Great, and so called in memory of his father Antipater; it was about seventeen leagues from Jerusalem, pleasantly situated upon the Mediterranean Sea, between Joppa and Caesarea.
Verse 31. _ANTIPATRIS._] This place, according to Josephus, Antiq. lib. xiii. cap. 23, was anciently called _Capharsaba_, and is supposed to be the same which, in _1 Macc. vii. 31_, is called _Caphar...
TO ANTIPATRIS - This town was anciently called Cafar-Saba. Josephus says (_Antiq._, Acts 13:23) that it was about 17 miles from Joppa. It was about 26 miles from Caesarea, and, of course, about 35 mil...
ARRIVAL AT CÆ SAREA. Antipatris (p. 28), a Greek town even the name of which has disappeared, was where Ras-el-Ain is now, on the road from Lydda to Cæ sarea, 40 miles from Jerusalem, 25 from Cæ sarea...
THE STRATEGY OF PAUL (Acts 23:1-10)...
The commander wrote a letter to the following effect, "Claudius Lysias to his excellency Felix, the governor--greetings! When this man was seized by the Jews and when he was going to be murdered by th...
THEN. So then. AS IT WAS. according to (Greek. _kata._ App-104.) that which was. COMMANDED. Greek. _diatasso._ See note on Acts 7:44. BY. through. Greek. _dia_. App-104.Acts 23:1. ANTIPATRIS. A sma...
Paul is brought to Cesarea, and kept prisoner by Felix 31. _Then_[SO] _the soldiers_, &c.… _took Paul_ i.e. they formed a party for his escort, and took him among them. _and brought him by night_ i....
PAUL IS BROUGHT TO CÆSAREA, AND KEPT PRISONER BY FELIX...
ΟἹ ΜῈΝ ΟΥ̓́Ν ΣΤΡΑΤΙΩ͂ΤΑΙ … ἈΝΑΛΑΒΌΝΤΕΣ ΤῸΝ ΠΑΥ͂ΛΟΝ, _so the soldiers … took Paul and_, &c., i.e. they formed a party for his escort and placed him in their midst. On this escort Chrysostom remarks: κ...
_CLAUDIUS LYSIAS'S LETTER TO FELIX -- ACTS 23:25-35:_ Claudius Lysias wrote a letter in which he sent greetings to Felix and somewhat explained Paul's situation. He explained how that Paul was taken b...
ΔΙΑΤΕΤΑΓΜΈΝΟΝ _perf. pass. part. (adj.) от_ ΔΙΑΤΆΣΣΩ (G1299) повелевать, ΆΝΑΛΑΒΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (conymcme.)_ от ΆΝΑΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G353) подбирать, вести, ΉΓΑΓΟΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 23:18. ΆΝ...
ANTIPATRIS.— Very different accounts are given of the situation of Antipatris, which must however have been north-west of Jerusalem, as it was in the way from thence to Caesarea. Its ancient name was...
AT ANTIPATRIS. Acts 23:31-32. Acts 23:31 So the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. Acts 23:32 But on the morrow they left the horsemen to go with...
31-35. (31) "_Then the soldiers, according to what was commanded them, took Paul and conducted him by night to Antipatris,_ (32) _and, on the next day, they returned to the castle, leaving the horseme...
_ Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris._ Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris - a t...
28 As in the case of our Lord, witness after witness testified that Paul had done nothing deserving the bonds he endured or the death with which he was threatened. All who heard his case concurred in...
ST. PAUL SENT TO CÆESAREA 1. St. Paul often asserts his good conscience before God and man: see Acts 22:3; Acts 24:16....
ST. PAUL IS SENT TO CÆSAREA....
ANTIPATRIS] founded by Herod the Great, now Râs-el-'Ain....
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 23 PAUL SPEAKS TO THE *SANHEDRIN, 23:1-11 V1 Paul looked straight at the *Sanhedrin. He said, ‘My brothers, my conscience feels good about how...
ANTIPATRIS. — The town, built by Herod the Great, and named after his father, is represented by the modern _Kefr-Saba,_ answering to the _Caphar Saba_ of Josephus (_Ant. xvi._ 5, § 2). It was about fo...
οἱ μὲν οὖν … τῇ δὲ ἐπαύριον : Rendall, appendix on μὲν οὖν, p. 162. Page finds the antithesis in μετὰ δὲ, Acts 24:1, referring the five days there not to Paul's arrival in Cæsarea, but to his despatch...
SENT TO A ROMAN TRIBUNAL Acts 23:25 Antipatris was forty-two miles from Jerusalem. The escort and their prisoner made the forced march in a night. Next day the legionaries marched back to Jerusalem w...
By action of the Roman governor, Paul was arraigned before the Jewish Sanhedrin. Hardly had he commenced before he was interrupted and insulted. It was a most trying ordeal for the apostle. It is easi...
Paul Sent to Felix The chief captain, whose name was Claudius Lysias, immediately called two centurions to him. He commanded them to ready 200 soldiers, 70 horsemen and 200 spearmen to escort Paul to...
THE CONSPIRACY AND DELIVERANCE 11-35. That mighty vision was the secret of Paul's redoubtable courage and sanctified versatility. He knew he was to “see Rome.” God's heroes are immortal until the last...
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; (24) And pr...
The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
Paul addresses the council with the gravity and dignity of an upright man accustomed to walk with God. It is not a testimony borne to them for their good; but the appeal of a good conscience to their...
THEN THE SOLDIERS, AS IT WAS COMMANDED THEM, TOOK PAUL,.... Out of the castle, and put him upon a beast, as the chief captain had ordered the centurions, and they had directed the soldiers to do: AND...
Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought _him_ by night to Antipatris. Ver. 31. _To Antipatris_] So called by Herod (who had repaired it) in honour of his father Antipater....
_Then the soldiers brought him by night to Antipatris_ But not the same night they set out; for Antipatris was about thirty-eight of our miles north-west of Jerusalem. Herod the Great rebuilt it, and...
ANTIPATRIS; a town about forty miles from Jerusalem, on the way to Cesarea....
THEN THE SOLDIERS, AS IT WAS COMMANDED THEM, TOOK PAUL AND BROUGHT HIM BY NIGHT TO ANTIPATRIS....
The journey and the arrival in Caesarea:...
In this hearing the chief captain did not take the place of an adjudicator, nor was there any other judicial authority present to keep order. Paul then takes advantage of the occasion to speak earnest...
THEN THE SOLDIERS, AS THEY WERE COMMANDED, TOOK PAUL AND BROUGHT _HIM_ BY NIGHT TO ANTIPATRIS. 1. This huge company travels about 35 miles to the city of Antipatris. 2. Albert Barnes says, " This tow...
The city of Antipatris (an tip uh tris) was about halfway between Jerusalem and Caesarea. "Antipatris was reached after descending from the mountains of Ephraim into the plain of Sharon" (McGarvey p....
25-35 God has instruments for every work. The natural abilities and moral virtues of the heathens often have been employed to protect his persecuted servants. Even the men of the world can discern bet...
31-35. (31) "_ Then the soldiers, according to what was commanded them, took Paul and conducted him by night to Antipatris,_ (32) _and, on the next day, they returned to the castle, leaving the horsem...
Acts 23:31 Then G3767 G3303 soldiers G4757 as G2596 they G846 commanded G1299 (G5772) took G353 ...
‘So the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.' So that night the contingent of soldiers left as commanded and arrived at Antipatris, roughly just past...
PAUL IN THE HANDS OF THE ‘MOST EXCELLENT' FELIX (23:25-35). The ‘most excellent' Felix, to whom Paul was being taken, was a freedman who had been appointed as procurator, a most unusual situation. Pro...
Acts 23:31. THEN THE SOLDIERS, AS IT WAS COMMANDED THEM, TOOK PAUL, AND BROUGHT HIM BY NIGHT TO ANTIPATRIS. This was the ancient Caphar Saba (town of Saba), and was built by Herod the Great, and then...
AS IT WAS COMMANDED THEM (κατα το διατεταγμενον αυτοις). "According to that which was commanded them," perfect passive articular participle of διατασσω.BY NIGHT (δια νυκτος). Through the night, t...
CONTENTS: Paul before the Sanhedrin. The conspiracy to kill Paul and its defeat. Paul sent to Felix. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Ananias, Pharisees, Sadduces, Paul's sister's son, centurion, chief...
Acts 23:2. _Smite him on the mouth._ Ananias the highpriest commanded this, when he heard Paul profess a good conscience, and determined to persevere in preaching Christ. So Ahab commanded Micaiah to...
AS FAR AS ANTIPATRIS. They went at night to keep the Jews from finding out about it until the next day. Antipatris was about thirty-eight miles from Jerusalem, toward Caesarea. After daylight came, th...
_Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul._ PAUL’S LAST DEPARTURE FROM JERUSALEM 1. The mournful departure of a witness of the truth, whose message of salvation his blinded people have...
_So the chief captain then let the young man depart._ VARIED DUTIES I. Paul’s nephew could do nothing. He was therefore told to hold his tongue--a very necessary duty sometimes. There is a time to sp...
_And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul._ Paul in the castle at Jerusalem On two other occasions a special Divine encouragement was given to Paul similar to t...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 23:31 ANTIPATRIS was 35 of the 62 miles (56 of the 100 km) by road from Jerusalem to Caesarea (v. Acts 23:33). This was a difficult but not impossible distance fo
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 23:23. TWO.—Not one or two (Howson), but _some_ or certain _two—i.e._, two or three (Hackett) of the centurions. Compare “some two of the disciples” (Luke 7:19). SOLDIERS.—Heav...
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. L...
And so Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day (Acts 23:1). Paul was indeed a remarkable man. As Paul is writing to...
2 Timothy 2:3; 2 Timothy 2:4; Acts 23:23; Acts 23:24; Luke 7:8...
Took [α ν α λ α β ο ν τ ε ς]. Lit., "having taken up." Compare set Paul on, verse 24. To Antipatris. A hard night's ride : forty miles....
The soldiers brought him by night to Antipatris — But not the same night they set out. For Antipatris was about thirty — eight of our miles northwest of Jerusalem. Herod the Great rebuilt it, and gave...
The apostle being brought before Felix the Roman governor, although he was an heathen, yet he showed the apostle far more favour than his own countrymen the Jews: for, observe, 1. His affability to St...