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Acts 23:28 KJV
Acts · chapter 23 · verse 28
And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:Acts 23:28 · King James Version
Acts 23:28 in context
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.
30And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- accusedegkaleōto come forward as accuser against, bring charge against, to be accusedG1458 →
- broughtkatagōto lead down, bring down, to bring the vessel from deep water to the land, to be brought…G2609 →
- knownginōskōto learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel, to become known, to…G1097 →
- causeaitiacause, reason, cause for which one is worthy of punishment, crime, charge of crime…G156 →
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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