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Acts 23:25 KJV
Acts · chapter 23 · verse 25
And he wrote a letter after this manner:Acts 23:25 · King James Version
Acts 23:25 in context
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.
27This 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- letterepistolēa letter, epistleG1992 →
- wrotegraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
- afterperiechōto surround, encompass, to contain of the subject-matter, contents, of a writing, to take…G4023 →
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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