Acts 23:22

Acts 23:22

20 And he said, ^a“The Jews have agreed to ask that you bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire more fully about him.

21 But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, men who have bound themselves by an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”

22 So the commander let the young man depart, and commanded him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.”

Sent to Felix

23 And he called for two centurions, saying, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to ^aCaesarea at the third hour of the night;

24 and provide mounts to set Paul on, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Tell no man (mhdeni eklalhsai). Indirect command (oratio obliqua) after paraggeilav (charging) with first aorist active infinitive of eklalew (in ancient Greek, but here only in N.T.), but construction changed to direct in rest of the sentence (oratio recta) as in Acts 1:4, "that thou hast signified these things to me" (oti tauta enefanisav prov eme). Same verb here as in verse Acts 23:15. This change is common in the N.T. (Robertson, Grammar, p. 1047).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 23:22:**

Acts 23:15
Acts 23:19
Acts 23:24
Acts 24:1
Acts 25:15

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