Acts 22:30 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 22:30

The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

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ASV

But on the morrow, desiring to know the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

KJV

On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He - commanded - all their council to appear - Instead of ελθειν, to come, which we translate, to appear, συνελθειν, to assemble, or meet together, is the reading of ACE, nearly twenty others, the Ethiopic, Arabic, Vulgate, Chrysostom, and Theophylact: this reading Griesbach has received into the text; and it is most probably the true one: as the chief captain wished to know the certainty of the matter, he desired the Jewish council, or Sanhedrin, to assemble, and examine the business thoroughly, that he might know of what the apostle was accused; as the law would not permit him to proceed against a Roman in any judicial way, but on the clearest evidence; and, as he understood that the cause of their enmity was something that concerned their religion, he considered the Sanhedrin to be the most proper judge, and therefore commanded them to assemble; and there is no doubt that he himself, and a sufficient number of soldiers, took care to attend, as the person of Paul could not be safe in the hands of persons so prejudiced, unprincipled, and enraged. This chapter should end with the twenty-ninth verse, and the following should begin with the thirtieth; this is the most natural division, and is followed by some of the most correct editions of the original text. 1. In his address to the council, Paul asserts that he is a Jew, born of and among Jews; and that he had a regular Jewish education; and he takes care to observe that he had early imbibed all the prejudices peculiar to his countrymen, and had given the fullest proof of this in his persecution of the Christians. Thus, his assertions, concerning the unprofitableness of the legal ceremonies, could neither be attributed to ignorance nor indifference. Had a Gentile, no matter how learned or eminent, taught thus, his whole teaching would have been attributed to ignorance, prejudice, and envy. […]

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Original language & word study

31 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τῇ	Tēa	On the	G3588 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἐπαύριον	epaurion	next day	G1887 →
βουλόμενος	boulomenos	desiring	G1014 →
γνῶναι	gnōnai	to know	G1097 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ἀσφαλές,	asphales	for certain	G804 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
τί	ti	why	G5101 →
κατηγορεῖται	katēgoreitai	he is accused	G2723 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	by	G5259 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
Ἰουδαίων,	Ioudaiōn	Jews,	G2453 →
ἔλυσεν	elusen	he unbound	G3089 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐκέλευσεν	ekeleusen	commanded	G2753 →
συνελθεῖν	sunelthein	to assemble	G4905 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ἀρχιερεῖς	archiereis	chief priests	G749 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πᾶν	pan	all	G3956 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
συνέδριον	sunedrion	council	G4892 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
καταγαγὼν	katagagōn	having brought down	G2609 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Παῦλον	Paulon	Paul	G3972 →
ἔστησεν	estēsen	he set [him]	G2476 →
εἰς	eis	among	G1519 →
αὐτούς.¶	autous	them.	G846 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 21:33
The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
leads to
- Acts 20:23
  I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ephesians 6:20
  for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
- Acts 21:11
  Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt…
- Acts 12:6
  On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
Through
Acts 21:11
Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt…
leads to
- Acts 21:33
  The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
Through
Acts 22:5
as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and…
leads to
- Acts 9:1–2
  Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest
Through
Acts 23:15
Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”
leads to
- Isaiah 59:7
  Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
- Psalms 37:32–33
  Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

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