was taken. having been seized. See note on Acts 1:16
should have been. being about to be, or on the point of being.
Then came I. having come.
an army. the detachment, as in Acts 23:10.
and rescued him. I delivered. Greek. exaireo. See note on Acts 7:10.
understood. learnt. He did not learn it till he was about to have him scourged. It has been called "a dexterous falsehood".