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9 Then there arose a loud outcry. And the scribes of the Pharisees’ party arose and protested, saying, a“We find no evil in this man; but bif a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, clet us not fight against God.”  
10 Now when there arose a great dissension, the commander, fearing lest Paul might be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

The Plot Against Paul

11 But athe following night the Lord stood by him and said,1 “Be of good cheer, Paul; for as you have testified for Me in bJerusalem, so you must also bear witness at cRome.”  
12 And when it was day, asome of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had bkilled Paul.  
13 Now there were more than forty who had formed this conspiracy.
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Acts 23:11

The night following (th epioush nukti). Locative case, on the next (following) night.

The Lord (o kuriov). Jesus. Paul never needed Jesus more than now. On a previous occasion the whole church prayed for Peter's release (Acts 12:5), but Paul clearly had no such grip on the church as that, though he had been kindly welcomed (Acts 21:18). In every crisis Jesus appears to him (cf. Acts 18:9). It looked dark for Paul till Jesus spoke. Once before in Jerusalem Jesus spoke words of cheer (Acts 22:18). Then he was told to leave Jerusalem. Now he is to have "cheer" or "courage" (qarsei). Jesus used this very word to others (Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:22; Mark 10:49). It is a brave word.

Thou hast testified (diemarturw). First aorist middle indicative second person singular of diamarturomai, strong word (see on Acts 22:18).

Must thou (se dei). That is the needed word and on this Paul leans. His hopes (Acts 19:21) of going to Rome will not be in vain. He can bide Christ's time now. And Jesus has approved his witness in Jerusalem.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 23:11:

Acts 4:1
Acts 16:11
Acts 18:10
Acts 19:21
Acts 23:17
Acts 25:11
Acts 26:16
Acts 27:24
Acts 28:14
Acts 28:15
2 Peter 1:15

 

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