ACTS 23:31 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.”
So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris — the nocturnal journey under military escort accomplishes in darkness what the Jewish plot attempted in shadow. Paul moves from Jerusalem's danger toward Caesarea's Roman authority.
Church Fathers on Acts 23:31
Like some king whom his body-guards escort, so did these convey Paul; in such numbers too, and by night, for fear of the wrath of the people. Now then you will say that they have got him out of the city, they desist from their violence? No indeed. But (the tribune) would not have sent him off with such care for his safety, but that while he himself had found nothing amiss in him, he knew the murderous disposition of his adversaries. And when the governor had read the letter,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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