The Lord stood by him, &c.— This plainly shews that our Lord approved of the part which St. Paul had acted before the sanhedrim, though some had censured it without understanding or considering the circumstance of it. Witsius observes, that it must have been a greater consolation to so faithful a soldier of Christ as St. Paul was, having been thus approved and encouraged by his general, to be led on to further combats, than to be immediately dismissed: and such a temper he expresses, Philippians 1:20; Philippians 1:26.
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Acts 23:11
11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said,Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.