Acts 23:28 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 23:28

and since I wanted to understand their charges against him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:

KJV

And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Claudius--the Roman name he would take on purchasing his citizenship. Lysias--his Greek family name. the most excellent governor--an honorary title of office.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
βουλόμενός	boulomenos	Resolving	G1014 →
τε	te	then	G5037 →
ἐπιγνῶναι	epignōnai	to know	G1921 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
αἰτίαν	aitian	charge	G156 →
δι᾽	di᾽	on account of	G1223 →
ἣν	hēn	which	G3739 →
ἐνεκάλουν	enekaloun	they were accusing	G1458 →
αὐτῷ	autō	him	G846 →
κατήγαγον	katēgagon	I brought down	G2609 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
συνέδριον	sunedrion	council	G4892 →
αὐτῶν·	autōn	of them;	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

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.

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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…
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.
- 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.”
- 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…
- 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 26:29
  “Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Acts