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Acts 24:23 KJV
Acts · chapter 24 · verse 23
And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.Acts 24:23 · King James Version
Acts 24:23 in context
21Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
22And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
23And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
24And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
25And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- acquaintanceidiospertaining to one s self, one s own, belonging to one s selfG2398 →
- commandeddiatassōto arrange, appoint, ordain, prescribe, give orderG1299 →
- centurionhekatontarchēsan officer in the Roman armyG1543 →
- ministerhypēreteōto act as a rower, to row, to minister, render servicesG5256 →
- libertyanesisa loosening, relaxing, spoken of a more tolerable condition in captivity, to be held in…G425 →
- forbidkōlyōto hinder, prevent forbid, to withhold a thing from anyone, to deny or refuse one a thingG2967 →
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We have here the result of Paul's trial before Felix, and what was the consequence of it. I. Felix adjourned the cause, and took further time to consider of it (Act 24:22): He had a more perfect knowledge of that way which the Jews called heresy than the high priest and the elders thought he had.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-27