ACTS 23:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:”
And the next day, leaving the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the barracks — the infantry returns to Jerusalem while cavalry continues; the reduced guard suggests that as Paul moves toward Rome's center of provincial power, less protection is needed.
Church Fathers on Acts 23:32
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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