ACTS 23:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.”
So the commander let the young man go, instructing him, 'Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me' — the commander's discretion protects the nephew's safety; secrecy preserves the cover that enables a counter-plot. Paul's rescue requires deception too.
Church Fathers on Acts 23:22
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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