Acts 23:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

signify. Greek. emphanizo. App-106.

bring... down. Greek. katago. See note on Acts 21:3.

though ye would. being about to.

enquire. Greek. diaginosko. This is the medical word for making. careful examination. Only here and Acts 24:22. The noun diagnosis only in Acts 25:21.

something... him. the things concerning him more accurately (Greek. akribesteron, comparative of akribos, Acts 18:25; Acts 18:26). Occurs Acts 18:26; Acts 24:22.

concerning. Greek. peri. App-104.

or ever. before. Greek. pro. App-104.

kill. Greek. anaireo. See note on Acts 2:23. Not the same word as in verses: Acts 12:14.

Acts 23:15

15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.