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Acts 23:27 KJV
Acts · chapter 23 · verse 27
This 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.Acts 23:27 · King James Version
Acts 23:27 in context
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.
28And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
29Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- understoodmanthanōto learn, be apprised, to increase one's knowledge, to be increased in knowledge, to…G3129 →
- rescuedexaireōto pluck out, draw outG1807 →
- killedanaireōto take up, to lift up , to take up for myself as mine, to own , to take away, abolish…G337 →
- takensyllambanōto seize, take one as prisoner, to conceive, of a woman, metaph. of lust whose impulses a…G4815 →
- JewsioudaiosJewish, belonging to the Jewish nation, Jewish as respects to birth, origin, religionG2453 →
- armystrateumaan army, a band of soldiers, bodyguard, guards menG4753 →
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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