Acts 23:17

17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him , and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.

Ver. 17. And said ] i.e. prayed, Acts 23:18 . The poor man speaks supplications, Proverbs 18:23 , puts his mouth in the dust, speaks as out of the ground in a low language, in a submissive manner, when a suitor especially; for in that case the answer commonly cuts off half the petition, as the echo doth the voice.