Acts 23:31 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 23:31

So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.

BSB

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ASV

So the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

KJV

Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

To Antipatris - This town was anciently called Cafar-Saba. Josephus says (Antiq., Act 13:23) that it was about 17 miles from Joppa. It was about 26 miles from Caesarea, and, of course, about 35 miles from Jerusalem. Herod the Great changed its name to Antipatris, in honor of his father Antipater. It was situated in a fine plain, and watered with many springs and fountains. Eli Smith, late missionary to Palestine, who took a journey from Jerusalem to Joppa for the purpose of ascertaining Paul’s route, supposes that the site of Antipatris is the present Kefr Saba.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The soldiers brought him by night to Antipatris - But not the same night they set out. For Antipatris was about thirty-eight of our miles northwest of Jerusalem. Herod the Great rebuilt it, and gave it this name in honour of his father Antipater: Cesarea was near seventy miles from Jerusalem, and about thirty from Antipatris.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Οἱ	Hoi	<the>	G3588 →
μὲν	men	Indeed	G3303 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
στρατιῶται	stratiōtai	[the] soldiers	G4757 →
κατὰ	kata	according to	G2596 →
τὸ	to	that	G3588 →
διατεταγμένον	diatetagmenon	ordered	G1299 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	them	G846 →
ἀναλαβόντες	analabontes	having taken	G353 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Παῦλον	Paulon	Paul	G3972 →
ἤγαγον	ēgagon	brought [him]	G71 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
νυκτὸς	nuktos	night	G3571 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
Ἀντιπατρίδα.	Antipatrida	Antipatris.	G494 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Luke 7:8
For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes; and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something,…
leads to
- Acts 10:7–8
  When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.
- 1 Timothy 6:1–2
  All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.
- Acts 22:25–26
  But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”
- Acts 23:17
  Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”
- Colossians 3:22
  Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts