Acts 23:16 KJV — MannaFest

Acts 23:16

And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.

KJV

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ASV

But Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the castle and told Paul.

WEB

But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.

YLT

And the son of Paul's sister having heard of the lying in wait, having gone and entered into the castle, told Paul,

DBT

But Paul's sister's son, having heard of the lying in wait, came and entered into the fortress and reported [it] to Paul.

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Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.

Author: Luke, companion of Paul — the 'we' passages begin in 16:10
Date: c. AD 62

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Acts 23:10
And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
Acts 21:34
And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
Acts 23:32
On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
Lamentations 3:37
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

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20 ), or the conspirators' own tongues to betray them. How it was discovered to the chief captain by the young man that told it to Paul. This part of the story is related very particularly, perhaps because the penman was an eye-witness of the prudent and successful management of this affair, and remembered it with a great deal of pleasure.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The chief captain's care of Paul's safety, by which he prevented the execution of the design; he sent him away immediately under a strong guard from Jerusalem to Cæsarea, which was now the residence of Felix, the Roman governor, and there he safely arrived,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Paul's sister's son--(See on Ac 9:30). If he was at this time residing at Jerusalem for his education, like Paul himself, he may have got at the schools those hints of the conspiracy on which he so promptly acted.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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G392510× in canon G385436× in canon G51843× in canon G3972158× in canon G1525194× in canon G5207377× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

ACT 23:161CO 3:19 JOB 5:13
ACT 23:16LAM 3:37 PRO 19:21
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ACT 23:16LAM 3:37 PSA 33:9-11
ACT 23:16LAM 3:37 ISA 46:10
ACT 23:16LAM 3:37 PRO 16:9
ACT 23:161CO 3:19 PSA 141:10
ACT 23:16PRO 21:30 ACT 5:39
ACT 23:161CO 3:19 1CO 1:19-20

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