ACTS 23:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.”
But the son of Paul's sister heard of their ambush, and he came and entered the barracks and told Paul — Paul's nephew, hitherto unmentioned, appears as God's instrument of deliverance. Family loyalty (the sister's son) becomes the channel through which divine providence operates.
Church Fathers on Acts 23:16
And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. Now therefore ye with the council signify to the tribune that he bring him down unto you tomorrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him. And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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