ACTS 23:33 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Who, when they came to Cesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.”
When these had come to Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and also presented Paul to him — the formal delivery of both letter and prisoner inaugurates the next phase: Paul before Felix. The written account precedes the person, shaping Felix's initial judgment.
Church Fathers on Acts 23:33
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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