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Acts 23:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.


Acts 23:16Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 23:1618 words
GreekMeaning
ἈκούσαςAkousas
Having heardverbG191
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
ho
thearticleG3588
υἱὸςhyios
sonnounG5207
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
ἀδελφῆςadelphēs
sisternounG79
ΠαύλουPaulou
of PaulnounG3972
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ἐνέδρανenedran
lay waitnounG1747
παραγενόμενοςparagenomenos
having come nearverbG3854
καὶkai
andwordG2532
εἰσελθὼνeiselthōn
having enteredverbG1525
εἰςeis
intoprepositionG1519
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
παρεμβολὴνparembolēn
barracksnounG3925
ἀπήγγειλενapēngeilen
he reported itverbG518
τῷ
thearticleG3588
ΠαύλῳPaulō
to PaulnounG3972
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 49 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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