Acts 23:23

Acts 23:23

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.”

25 He wrote a letter in the following manner:

26 Claudius Lysias,
To the most excellent governor Felix:
Greetings.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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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.

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