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Acts 23:24 KJV
Acts · chapter 23 · verse 24
And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.Acts 23:24 · King James Version
Acts 23:24 in context
22So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.
23And 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;
24And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
25And he wrote a letter after this manner:
26Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- provideparistēmito place beside or near, to set at hand, to present, to proffer, to provide, to place a…G3936 →
- beastsktēnosa beast, esp. a beast of burden, used for four legged animals as opposed to fishes and…G2934 →
- FelixphēlixFelix = " happy" , a Roman procurator of Judea appointed by the emperor Claudius…G5344 →
- PaulpaulosPaul or Paulus = " small or little" , Paul was the most famous of the apostles…G3972 →
- safediasōzōto preserve through danger, to bring safely through, to saveG1295 →
- setepibibazōto cause to mount, to place uponG1913 →
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We have here the story of a plot against the life of Paul; how it was laid, how it was discovered, and how it was defeated. I. How this plot was laid. They found they could gain nothing by popular tumult, or legal process, and therefore have a recourse to the barbarous method of assassination;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-35