Acts 23:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. ”

Acts 23:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To Antipatris - This town was anciently called Cafar-Saba. Josephus says ( Antiq. , Acts 13:23 ) that it was about 17 miles from Joppa. It was about 26 miles from Caesarea, and, of course, about...
Acts 23:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arrival at Cæ sarea. Antipatris (p. 28), a Greek town even the name of which has disappeared, was where Ras-el-Ain is now, on the road from Lydda to Cæ sarea, 40 miles from Jerusalem, 25 from Cæ sa...
Acts 23:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Then . So then. as it was . according to (Greek. kata. App-104.) that which was. commanded . Greek. diatasso. See note on Acts 7:44 . by . through. Greek. dia . App-104. Acts 23:1 . An...
Acts 23:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. Antipatris - This place, according to Josephus, Antiq. lib. xiii. cap. 23, was anciently called Capha...
Acts 23:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Antipatris.— Very different accounts are given of the situation of Antipatris, which must however have been north-west of Jerusalem, as it was in the way from thence to Caesarea. Its ancient name w...
Acts 23:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris -...
Acts 23:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul sent to Cæesarea 1. St. Paul often asserts his good conscience before God and man: see Acts 22:3 ; Acts 24:16 .
Acts 23:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Antipatris. — The town, built by Herod the Great, and named after his father, is represented by the modern Kefr-Saba, answering to the Caphar Saba of Josephus ( Ant. xvi. 5, § 2). It was about...
Acts 23:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sent to a Roman Tribunal Acts 23:25-35 Antipatris was forty-two miles from Jerusalem. The escort and their prisoner made the forced march in a night. Next day the legionaries marched back to Je...
Acts 23:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

By action of the Roman governor, Paul was arraigned before the Jewish Sanhedrin. Hardly had he commenced before he was interrupted and insulted. It was a most trying ordeal for the apostle. It is eas...
Acts 23:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; (24) And p...
Acts 23:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul ,.... Out of the castle, and put him upon a beast, as the chief captain had ordered the centurions, and they had directed the soldiers to do:...
Acts 23:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. Ver. 31. To Antipatris ] So called by Herod (who had repaired it) in honour of his father Antipat...
Acts 23:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then the soldiers brought him by night to Antipatris But not the same night they set out; for Antipatris was about thirty-eight of our miles north-west of Jerusalem. Herod the Great rebuilt it, and...
Acts 23:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

In this hearing the chief captain did not take the place of an adjudicator, nor was there any other judicial authority present to keep order. Paul then takes advantage of the occasion to speak earnes...
Acts 23:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Conspiracy against Paul; Paul Sent to Felix. 12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves un...
Acts 23:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Not that they came to Antipatris by night; but they began that journey by night, as Acts 23:23 , and went as much of it as they could by night, for fear of being discovered, and attempted upon by...
Acts 23:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul In The Hands of The ‘Most Excellent' Felix (23:25-35). The ‘most excellent' Felix, to whom Paul was being taken, was a freedman who had been appointed as procurator, a most unusual situation....
Acts 23:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 23:23 . Two .—Not one or two (Howson), but some or certain two—i.e. , two or three (Hackett) of the centurions. Compare “some two of the disciples” ( Luke 7:19 ). Soldi...
Acts 23:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 23:2 . Smite him on the mouth. Ananias the highpriest commanded this, when he heard Paul profess a good conscience, and determined to persevere in preaching Christ. So Ahab commanded Micaiah...
Acts 23:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul. Paul in the castle at Jerusalem On two other occasions a special Divine encouragement was given to Paul similar to...
Acts 23:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 23:1 Looking steadfastly on for earnestly beholding, A.V.; brethren for men and brethren, A.V. ; I have lived before God, etc., for I have lived, etc., before Go...
Acts 23:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
Acts 23:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Timothy 2:3 ; 2 Timothy 2:4 ; Acts 23:23 ; Acts 23:24 ; Luke 7:8
Acts 23:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The soldiers brought him by night to Antipatris — But not the same night they set out. For Antipatris was about thirty — eight of our miles northwest of Jerusalem. Herod the Great rebuilt it, and g...

Acts 23:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 23:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 23:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 23:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 23:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 23:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 23:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 23:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 23:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 23:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 23:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 23:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 23:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 23:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 23:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 23:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 23:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 23:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 23:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 23:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 23:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 23:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 23:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 23:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 23:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes