Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 23:27
Having learned that he was a Roman — True; but not before he rescued him. Here he uses art.
Having learned that he was a Roman — True; but not before he rescued him. Here he uses art.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OF THEM - Was about to be killed by them. The life of Paul had been twice endangered in this manner, Acts 21:30; Acts 23:10. WITH AN ARMY - With a band of soldiers,...
LETTER OF CLAUDIUS LYSIAS TO FELIX. Felix is addressed as most excellent (so Luke 1:3; Acts 26:25), a title of courtesy applied to proconsuls, officers of rank, and private persons. Lysias allows hims...
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...
WAS TAKEN. having been seized. See note on Acts 1:16 SHOULD HAVE BEEN. being about to be, or on the point of being. THEN CAME I. having come. AN ARMY. the detachment, as in Acts 23:10. AND RESCUED...
_This man was taken of the Jews_ The verb implies a seizure or arrest. It is used (Matthew 26:55; Mark 14:48) of the party of men who came to seize our Lord, and (Acts 12:3) of Herod Agrippa's arrest...
αὐτόν after ἘΞΕΙΛΆΜΗΝ omitted with אABE. Not represented in _Vulg_. 27. ΤῸΝ ἌΝΔΡΑ ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟΝ ΣΥΛΛΗΜΦΘΈΝΤΑ ὙΠῸ ΤΩ͂Ν ἸΟΥΔΑΊΩΝ … ἘΞΕΙΛΆΜΗΝ. _This man who was taken of the Jews … I rescued_. συλλαμβάνειν imp...
LETTER OF CLAUDIUS LYSIAS TO 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...
ΣΥΛΛΗΜΦΘΈΝΤΑ _aor. pass. part. (adj.) от_ ΣΥΛΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G4815) арестовывать, хватать, ΜΈΛΛΟΝΤΑ _praes. act. part., см._ Acts 23:3. _Adj. part._ с _inf._ выражает непосредственное будущее, ΆΝΑΙΡΕΪΣΘΑΙ...
WITH AN ARMY,— That is, _With a band of soldiers._ By the latter clause Lysias seems in general to intimate that he had, on the whole, been more solicitous to provide for St. Paul's security, out of r...
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 23...
This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman. THIS MAN WAS TAKEN OF THE JEWS, AND SHOULD HAVE...
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...
AN ARMY] RV 'the soldiers.'...
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...
THEN CAME I WITH AN ARMY. — Better, _with my troops._ The chief captain ingeniously colours his statement so as to claim credit for having rescued a Roman citizen, though, as a matter of fact, he did...
ἄνδρα, not ἄνθρωπον : Bengel and Wendt take the word to indicate a certain degree of respect. συλλ.: used in various senses, but in all four Gospels of the capture of Jesus, and in Luke, where the wor...
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...
_I rescued...having understood that he is a Roman. This was not true, if we understand it of the first time he rescued him; but may be true, if meant of the second time. (Witham)_...
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...
− 27._This man being taken. _This was spoken odiously concerning the Jews, that he might purchase more favor for Paul, that a man, being a Roman, was by them sore beaten, and almost slain; also, he co...
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...
THIS MAN WAS TAKEN BY THE JEWS,.... Meaning Paul, who was presented by the centurions to the governor, and was in his presence when the letter was opened and read, and who was taken by the Jews in the...
This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman. Ver. 27. _Understood that he was a Roman_] He sa...
_And he called two centurions_ In whom he could particularly confide; _saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers_ Thus the chief captain prudently sends Paul away to Cesarea by night, under a strong gua...
AN ARMY; a band of soldiers. A ROMAN; a Roman citizen....
PAUL BROUGHT TO CAESAREA. The preparations for the journey:...
THIS MAN WAS TAKEN OF THE JEWS, AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OF THEM; THEN CAME I WITH AN ARMY AND RESCUED HIM, HAVING UNDERSTOOD THAT HE WAS A ROMAN....
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...
HE WROTE A LETTER IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: 26 Claudius Lysias, To the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings. 27 This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them. Coming with the...
"Having learned that he was. Roman": The letter summarizes the events from the temple riot to the discovery of the conspiracy against Paul's life. Of course, Lysias alters the truth in this verse. He...
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...
He represents Paul's case fairly and indifferently, God overruling his heart and pen; but withal, he conceals his binding of him, and instead thereof magnifies his care of him, being a Roman; and prob...
Acts 23:27 This G5126 man G435 seized G4815 (G5685) by G5259 Jews G2453 and G2532 about G3195 ...
“This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be slain by them, when I came on them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.” He explains the circumstances of Paul'...
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 23:27. THEN CAME I WITH AN ARMY, AND RESCUED HIM, HAVING UNDERSTOOD THAT HE WAS A ROMAN. This is distinctly a false statement of the facts as they stood. The commander in Antonia wished his super...
WAS SEIZED (συλλημφθεντα). First aorist passive participle of συλλαμβανω.RESCUED HIM HAVING LEARNED THAT HE WAS A ROMAN (εξειλαμεν μαθων οτ Ρομαιος εστιν). Wendt, Zoeckler, and Furneaux try to def...
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...
THEN THE COMMANDER WROTE A LETTER. Roman law said that when a prisoner was sent up the chain of command, a letter had to go along giving the charges against him. CLAUDIUS LYSIAS is the Roman commander...
_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 23:27 Lysias had no charges to list. All complaints against Paul had to do with “their [Jewish] law” (v. Acts 23:29) and not Roman law. Throughout the rest of...
_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 22:25; Acts 21:31; Acts 23:10; Acts 24:7...
Rescued. Bengel says, "a lie." Lysias wishes to make the impression that Paul's citizenship was the cause of his rescuing him; whereas he did not know of this until afterward. He says nothing about th...