ACTS 23:28 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:”
'And wanting to ascertain the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their Council' — the commander explains his convening of the Sanhedrin as an attempt to understand the accusations in orderly fashion. Legal procedure is claimed.
Church Fathers on Acts 23:28
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; and provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor. And he wrote a letter after this manner: Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sends greeting. This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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