Form for manner, A.V. After this form . Luke does not profess to give the letter verbatim, but merely its general tenor, which Lysias might have communicated to Paul, or which Paul might have learnt at Caesarea. read more
Greeting for sendeth greeting, A.V. Governor ; ἡγεμών , as Acts 23:24 ; propraetor of an imperial province, as distinguished from the ἀνθύπατος , or proconsul, who governed the provinces which were in the patronage of the senate. Sergius Paulus ( Acts 13:7 , Acts 13:8 ) was a proconsul, and so was Gallio ( Acts 18:10 ); Pontius Pilate ( Matthew 27:2 ) and Felix were procurators, ἡγεμόνες , only in a looser sense, as the more exact name of their office was ... read more
Seized by for taken of, A.V.; was about to be slain for should have been killed, A.V.; when I came for then came I, A.V.; upon them with the soldiers for with an army, A.V.; learned for understood, A.V. The soldiers ( τὸστράτευμα , as Acts 23:10 ). The army of the A.V. is out of place. Having learned , etc. Lysias departs here from strict truth, wishing, no doubt, to set off his zeal in defense of a Roman citizen, and also to anticipate any unfavorable report... read more
Desiring to know for when 1 would have known, A.V.; down unto for forth into, A.V. read more
Found for perceived, A.V.; about for of, A.V. Questions ; ζητήματα , only in the Acts, where it occurs five times ( Acts 15:2 ; Acts 18:15 ; Acts 23:1-35 . 29; Acts 25:19 ; Acts 26:3 ). St. Luke also uses ζήτησις ( Acts 25:20 ), as does St. Paul four times in the pastoral Epistles ( 1 Timothy 1:4 , T.R.; 1 Timothy 6:4 ; 2 Timothy 2:23 ; Titus 3:9 ). read more
Strangers' testimonies to God's servants. The moral influence exerted by St. Paul on this Roman,, captain was so decided that he is compelled to send to his superior this report, whom I perceived … to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds." Such a man as this captain would judge fairly matters of character or of conduct. He had no blinding and bewildering ecclesiastical prejudices which made crimes where there were none. So his testimony to the apostle is important.... read more
Shown to for told, A.V.; that there would be a plot against for how that the Jews laid wait for. A.V. and T.R.; I sent him to thee forthwith for I sent straight- way to thee, A.V.; charging for and gave commandment to, A.V.; to speak against him before thee for to say before thee what they had against him, A.V.; the R.T. omits farewell, in the A.V. That there would be a plot , etc. Two constructions are mixed up either by the writer of the letter, or by the... read more
So for then, A.V. Antipatris ; "forty-two Roman miles £ from Jerusalem, and twenty-six from Caesarea, built (on the site of Kaphor Saba) by Herod the Great, and named in honor of Antipater, his father" (Alford). According to Howson, following the American traveller, the Rev. Eli Smith, the route lay from Jerusalem to Gophna, on the road to Nablous, and from Gophna, leaving the great north road by a Roman road of which many distinct traces remain, to Antipatris, avoiding Lydda or Diospolis... read more
But on for on, A.V. On the morrow , after their departure from Jerusalem, not, as Alford suggests, after their departure from Antipatris. It was a forced march, and therefore would not occupy two days and a night. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 23:24
He bade them provide for provide, A.V, (the infinitive παραστῆσαι ) ; might for may, A.V. ; thereon for on, A.V. Beasts ( κτήνη ); here "riding-horses," as Luke 10:34 . In Revelation 18:13 it is applied to "cattle;" in 1 Corinthians 15:39 it means "beasts" generally. In the LXX . it is used for all kinds of beasts—cattle, sheep, beasts of burden, etc. Beasts is in the plural, because one or more would be required for those who guarded Paul. read more