Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Two (tinav duo). "Some two" as in Luke 7:19, indicating (Page) that they were not specially chosen.
Soldiers (stratiwtav),
horsemen (ippeiv),
spearmen (deciolabouv). The three varieties of troops in a Roman army like the cohort of Lysias (Page). The stratiwtai were the heavy-armed legionaries, the ippeiv belonged to every legion, the deciolaboi were light-armed supplementary troops who carried a lance in the right hand (deciov, right, lambanw, to take). Vulgate, lancearios. At the third hour of the night (apo trithv wrav thv nuktov). About nine in the evening.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 23:23:
Acts 23:20
Acts 23:25
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