Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 23:15
Now therefore ye — Which they never scrupled at all, as not doubting but they were doing God service.
Now therefore ye — Which they never scrupled at all, as not doubting but they were doing God service.
ACTS 23:15 At the beginning of the verse the Western text (itgig syrhmg copsa Lucifer) expands by reading (according to A. C. Clark’s reconstruction) nu/n ou=n evrwtw/men u`ma/j i[na tou/to h`mi/n po...
Verse Acts 23:15. _AND WE, OR EVER HE COME NEAR, ARE READY TO KILL HIM._] We shall lie in wait, and despatch him before he can reach the chief captain. The plan was well and deeply laid; and nothing b...
YE, WITH THE COUNCIL - With the concurrence or request of the Sanhedrin. It was only by such a request that they had any hope that the chief captain would remove Paul from the castle. SIGNIFY TO THE...
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 f...
On the next night the Lord stood by Paul and said, "Courage! As you have testified for me in Jerusalem, so you must bear witness in Rome also." When it was day the Jews formed a plot and laid themselv...
THE STRATEGY OF PAUL (Acts 23:1-10)...
SIGNIFY. Greek. _emphanizo._ App-106. BRING... DOWN. Greek. _katago._ See note on Acts 21:3. THOUGH YE WOULD. being about to. ENQUIRE. Greek. _diaginosko._ This is the medical word for making. caref...
_Now therefore ye with the council_, &c. _Rev. Ver. "do ye_," to mark more clearly the imperative. The chief priests and elders, of the Sadducees" party, were to use their influence in the council, th...
αὔριον omitted with אABCE. Not represented in _Vulg_. 15. ΝΥ͂Ν ΟΥ̓͂Ν ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ … ΣῪΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ΣΥΝΕΔΡΊΩΙ, _now therefore do ye with the council signify_, &c. ἐμφανίζω in this sense of giving notice or informa...
PAUL IS CHEERED BY A VISION. THE JEWS CONSPIRE TO KILL HIM...
_THE JEWS CONSPIRED TO KILL PAUL ACTS 23:12-24:_ There was so much hatred toward Paul that more than forty Jewish men vowed that they would not eat nor drink until they had killed him. They even asked...
ΈΜΨΑΝΊΣΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΈΜΦΑΝΊΖΩ (G1718) давать информацию, выкладывать информацию. Здесь почти термин (LC). ΚΑΤΑΓΆΓΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΚΑΤΆΓΩ (G2609) выводить. _Conj._ с ΟΠΩΣ (G3704) выр...
OR EVER HE COME NEAR,— That is, _before he come near._...
g. The plot for Paul's life and his escape. Acts 23:12-30. Acts 23:12 And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink...
See notes on verse 12...
_ _ Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he co...
10 The captain was more concerned that a Roman citizen should not be injured than to get their report, and so sends his soldiers to rescue him a second time from their clutches. It was well that he wa...
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....
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...
NOW THEREFORE YE WITH THE COUNCIL... — The plot was necessary, either (1) because the Sanhedrin had lost, under Roman rule, its power to inflict capital punishment (see Notes on Acts 7:59; John 18:31)...
νῦν οὖν : only in Acts in N.T., where it occurs four times, frequent in LXX. ἐμφανίσατε : “signify” in A. and R.V.; this rendering apparently conveys a wrong idea, for it implies that the Council had...
WOULD-BE MURDERERS BAFFLED Acts 23:12 The Lord had told His servant that he was needed in Rome, but the conspirators said that he should not leave Jerusalem. There is only one conclusion when such a...
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...
The Lord Protected Paul From the Jews With all the hostility the Jews had shown him since his arrival in Jerusalem, Paul may have doubted if he would ever escape that city and fulfill his desire to pr...
Now therefore ye with the (g) council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he com...
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 when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. (13) And they were more than forty...
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...
NOW THEREFORE YE WITH THE COUNCIL,.... The whole sanhedrim; their sense is, that they would have the sanhedrim convened by the chief priests and elders, and being met together, then to SIGNIFY TO THE...
Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come ne...
_And they came to the chief priests and elders_ Who were of the sect of the Sadducees, and Paul's greatest enemies, telling them what they had done; and desiring them to ask _the chief captain_ to _br...
NOW, THEREFORE, YE WITH THE COUNCIL SIGNIFY TO THE CHIEF CAPTAIN THAT HE BRING HIM DOWN UNTO YOU TOMORROW AS THOUGH YE WOULD ENQUIRE SOMETHING MORE PERFECTLY CONCERNING HIM; AND WE, OR EVER HE COME NE...
THE PLOT OF THE JEWS. The murderous design of the Jews:...
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...
NOW YOU, THEREFORE, TOGETHER WITH THE COUNCIL, SUGGEST TO THE COMMANDER THAT HE BE BROUGHT DOWN TO YOU TOMORROW, AS THOUGH YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE FURTHER INQUIRIES CONCERNING HIM; BUT WE ARE READY TO...
Acts 23:14-15 Here is the plot that sadly the Jewish leadership endorsed. The idea would be to convince the Roman commander to bring Paul for. more thorough investigation and on the way from the fortr...
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 o...
YE WITH THE COUNCIL; the chief priests are to join with the council in this desire to the chief captain; for they had no authority to command him. AS THOUGH YE WOULD INQUIRE SOMETHING MORE PERFECTLY C...
Acts 23:15 Now G3568 you G5210 therefore G3767 with G4862 council G4892 suggest G1718 (G5657) commander G5506 that...
‘And they came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. Now therefore do you, with the council, signify...
THE JEWS PLAN AN AMBUSH WITH THE PURPOSE OF SLAYING PAUL, WHICH IS THWARTED BY PAUL'S NEPHEW AND THE DIVINE HAND (23:12-24). We discover here how the hatred that has followed Paul around at the hands...
Acts 23:15. NOW THEREFORE YE WITH THE COUNCIL SIGNIFY TO THE CHIEF CAPTAIN THAT HE BRING HIM DOWN UNTO YOU TOMORROW... AND WE, OR EVER HE COME NEAR, ARE READY TO KILL HIM. This seems at first sight a...
YE (υμεις). Emphatic.SIGNIFY (εμφανισατε). First aorist active imperative of εμφανιζω. Make plain from εμφανης, chiefly in Acts. Repeated in verse Acts 23:22. The authority is with the chiliarch...
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...
THEY TOOK A VOW. These Jews may have been some of his bitter enemies from Ephesus who had grabbed him in the temple. They may have been "armed terrorists" [Zealots - Assassins], who later played such...
_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 23:12. The Jews (rather than CERTAIN OF THE JEWS) who banded themselves together UNDER A CURSE to kill Paul were not the members of the Sanhedrim, who had forgotten their opini...
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 25:3; Isaiah 59:7; Proverbs 1:11; Proverbs 1:12; Proverbs 1:16;...
Enquire [δ ι α γ ι ν ω σ κ ε ι ν]. Only here and ch. 24 22. Originally, to distinguish or discern; hence, to decide, as a suit. Rev., more correctly, therefore, judge. More perfectly [α κ ρ ι β ε σ τ...