Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Acts 23:33
Caesarea; Caesarea Stratonis, as it was called, to difference it from the other. They presented Paul, as being their charge, whom they had safely kept, and now delivered according to appointment.
Caesarea; Caesarea Stratonis, as it was called, to difference it from the other. They presented Paul, as being their charge, whom they had safely kept, and now delivered according to appointment.
Verse Acts 23:33. _WHO_] That is, the seventy horsemen mentioned above....
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...
WHEN THEY CAME. having entered. DELIVERED. having delivered. Greek. _anadidomi._ Only here. EPISTLE. Same as letter, Acts 23:25. BEFORE. to....
_who, when they came to Cesarea_ The _Rev. Ver._breaks up the relative into a conjunction and a personal pronoun. "And they, when, &c." This makes the reference to the horsemen more clear. _and delive...
ΟἽΤΙΝΕΣ, _who_, i.e. the horsemen who went on with St Paul. It is better with Rev. Vers. to break up the relative into a conjunction and personal pronoun. ‘And they, when,’ &c. ΠΑΡΈΣΤΗΣΑΝ ΚΑῚ ΤῸΝ ΠΑΥ͂...
PAUL IS BROUGHT TO CÆSAREA, AND KEPT PRISONER BY FELIX...
_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...
ΕΊΣΕΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΕΙΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1525) входить, ΆΝΑΔΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (conymcme.)_ от ΆΝΑΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G325) отдавать, передавать, ΠΑΡΈΣΤΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G...
IN CAESAREA. Acts 23:33, Acts 27:1. a. Paul is brought before Felix the governor. Acts 23:33-35. Acts 23:33 and they, when they came
See notes on verse 31...
_ Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him. _ Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the governor, presented Pa...
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....
THE GOVERNOR] i.e. Antonius Felix, procurator of Judæa, cirActs 52-58 a.d. His ferocious repression of the Zealots called into being a new and still more pernicious class of enthusiasts, the Sicarii,...
ST. PAUL IS SENT TO CÆSAREA....
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...
οἵτινες : “and they when they …” R.V., _sc._ ἱππεῖς. ἀναδόντες : not elsewhere in N.T., or in LXX in this sense, of delivering a letter. Zahn, following Hobart, sees in the phrase ἀναδ. τὴν ἐπιστολήν...
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...
WHO, WHEN THEY CAME TO CAESAREA,.... The seventy horsemen: AND DELIVERED THE EPISTLE TO THE GOVERNOR; to Felix, governor of Judea, who was now at Caesarea; namely, the letter which Claudius Lysias, t...
Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him. Ver. 33. _Presented Paul also before him_] And so was fulfilled in him that of our Saviour,...
_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...
WHO, WHEN THEY CAME TO CAESAREA AND DELIVERED THE EPISTLE TO THE GOVERNOR, PRESENTED PAUL ALSO BEFORE HIM....
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...
THE NEXT DAY THEY LEFT THE HORSEMEN TO GO ON WITH HIM, AND RETURNED TO THE BARRACKS. 33 When they came to Caesarea and had delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him. 1....
Acts 23:33-34 Felix will ask Paul what province he was from. "Had Paul come from one of the client kingdoms in the Syrian or Anatolian area, it would have been proper to consult the ruler of the state...
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...
Acts 23:33 G3748 came G1525 (G5631) to G1519 Caesarea G2542 and G2532 delivered G325 (G5631) letter...
‘But on the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the fortress, and they, when they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, presented Paul also before him.'...
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...
AND THEY (οιτινες). Which very ones, the cavalry, the horsemen of verse Acts 23:31.DELIVERED (αναδοντες). Second aorist active participle of αναδιδωμ, old verb to give up, to hand over, here only...
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...
_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...
_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...
Acts 28:16; Acts 23:25...
Caesarea. Twenty - six miles from Antipatris....