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Acts 23:21

Do not therefore yield unto them

(Συ ουν μη πεισθηις αυτοις). First aorist passive subjunctive of πειθω, common verb, here to be persuaded by, to listen to, to obey, to yield to. With negative and rightly. Do not yield to them (dative) at all. On the aorist subjunctive with μη in prohibitions against committing an act see Robertson, Grammar, pp. 851-4.For there lie in wait

(ενεδρευουσιν γαρ). Present active indicative of ενεδρευω, old verb from ενεδρα (verse Acts 23:16), in the N.T. only here and Luke 11:54 which see.Till they have slain him

(εως ου ανελωσιν αυτον). Same idiom as in verse Acts 23:12 save that here we have ανελωσιν (second aorist active subjunctive) instead of αποκτεινωσιν (another word for kill), "till they slay him."Looking for the promise from thee

(προσδεχομενο την απο σου επαγγελιαν). This item is all that is needed to put the scheme through, the young man shrewdly adds.

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See also Acts 23:21 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    LOOKING FOR A PROMISE FROM THEE - Waiting for your consent to bring him down to them....

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    YIELD UNTO. be persuaded by. Greek. _peitho._ App-150. LIE IN WAIT. Greek. _enedreuo._ Only here and Luke 11:54. Compare Acts 23:16. MEN. App-123. LOOKING FOR. Greek. _prosdechomai_. Compare Act

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _But do not thou yield unto them_ More literally, "Do not thou therefore yield, &c." (with _Rev. Ver._). _which have bound themselves with an oath_ The Greek is the same as in Acts 23:12. It is better...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΣῪ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ΜῊ ΠΕΙΣΘΗ͂ΙΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ, _do not thou therefore yield to them_. The οὖν refers to the idea of a scheme in which the chief captain was to be made use of; this has only been suggested in the prev...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    PAUL IS CHEERED BY A VISION. THE JEWS CONSPIRE TO KILL HIM...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΠΕΙΣΘΉΣ _aor. conj. pass. от_ ΠΕΊΘΩ (G260) убеждать; _pass._ быть убежденным, соглашаться, повиноваться. _Aor. conj._ с _Отр.._ ΜΉ (G3361) запрещает начало действия. _Pass._ разрешения: "не позволяй...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    See notes on verse 17...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: an...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ST. PAUL IS SENT TO CÆSAREA....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ST. PAUL SENT TO CÆESAREA 1. St. Paul often asserts his good conscience before God and man: see Acts 22:3; Acts 24:16....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἐνεδρ.: only in Luke in N.T., Luke 11:54, with the accusative also in classical Greek, and several times in LXX, 1Ma 5:4, Jos., _Ant._, v., 2, 12. καὶ νῦν, see on Acts 20:22. προσδεχ.: only once elsew...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT DO NOT THOU YIELD UNTO THEM,.... Or be persuaded by them, to bring Paul down from the castle to the sanhedrim; this must not be imputed to the young man's pride and vanity, in taking upon him to g...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: an...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _When Paul's sister's son heard_, &c. How privately soever this business was contrived, the providence of God so ordered it, that, for the deliverance of his faithful servant from this inhuman and blo...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    LOOKING FOR A PROMISE FROM THEE; that he would bring Paul down. Bigoted and hypocritical professors of religion, who have adopted wrong principles, and been corrupted by wicked practices, are often am...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The plot Revealed:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    BUT DO NOT THOU YIELD UNTO THEM; FOR THERE LIE IN WAIT FOR HIM OF THEM MORE THAN FORTY MEN, WHICH HAVE BOUND THEMSELVES WITH AN OATH THAT THEY WILL NEITHER EAT NOR DRINK TILL THEY HAVE KILLED HIM; AND...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    BUT DO NOT YIELD TO THEM, FOR MORE THAN FORTY OF THEM LIE IN WAIT FOR HIM, MEN WHO HAVE BOUND THEMSELVES BY AN OATH THAT THEY WILL NEITHER EAT NOR DRINK TILL THEY HAVE KILLED HIM; AND NOW THEY ARE REA...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    Acts 23:17-22 Give the commander credit for believing Paul's nephew, in addition, after seeing the uncontrolled anger of the Jews in Acts 21:1 and this chapter, it would not be hard to believe such. p...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    DO NOT THOU YIELD UNTO THEM; this the young man desires out of his care for his uncle's (Paul s) preservation, as also touched with the horror of the fact if it should have been executed; and howsoeve...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 23:21 But G3767 G4771 do G3982 not G3361 yield G3982 (G5686) them G846 for G1063 than...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And he said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down tomorrow to the council, as though you would enquire somewhat more exactly concerning him. Do not therefore yield to them, for there l...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he … told Paul._ PAUL’S SISTER’S SON From this subject we learn-- I. That humble and nameless individuals are sometimes of great service i...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 23:21 By rabbinic law, if a vow became impossible to fulfill, those under it were released from its terms. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 11:26; 2 Corinthians 11:32; 2 Corinthians 11:33; Acts 14:5;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Have bound themselves. "If we should wonder how, so early in the morning, after the long discussion in the Sanhedrim, which must have occupied a considerable part of the day, more than forty men shoul...

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