Acts 23:32
in Acts 23The next day they returned to the barracks and let the horsemen go on with him.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But on the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
KJV
On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
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This verse in Acts 23
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
On the morrow they--the infantry. left the horsemen--themselves no longer needed as a guard. The remaining distance was about twenty-five or twenty-six miles. 34, 35. asked of what province he was--the letter describing him as a Roman citizen.
This site's exposition
brought Paul by night to Antipatris
on Acts 23:31-33
The soldiers brought Paul by night to Antipatris, roughly forty miles over the stretch nearest Jerusalem, where ambush was likeliest. The next day the foot soldiers returned and let the horsemen go on with him to Caesarea, once the risk had passed.
This site's exposition
let the horsemen go on with him
John Gill counts those who turned back, the two hundred soldiers and two hundred spearmen who had marched on foot. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown put the ride left to Caesarea at about twenty five miles. John Chrysostom likens Paul to a king with his bodyguard.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
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.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Now that Paul was brought before them he thought to have faced them down, but could not, such was their wicked impudence. However, now was fulfilled in him what God promised to Ezekiel ( ch. iii.
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On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him,.... That is, the two hundred soldiers, and the two hundred spearmen, who were all on foot, left the seventy horsemen to conduct Paul to Caesarea; for being come to Antipatris, all danger from the Jews was over: and returned to the castle; the castle Antonia in Jerusalem, from whence they set out.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
On the morrow they left the horsemen - Being now so far from Jerusalem, they considered Paul in a state of safety from the Jews, and that the seventy horse would be a sufficient guard; the four hundred foot, therefore, returned to Jerusalem, and the horse went on to Caesarea with Paul.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
They left the horsemen - As they were then beyond the danger of the conspirators, the soldiers who had guarded them thus far returned to Jerusalem.
The words behind it
13 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| τῇ | tea | On the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| ἐπαύριον | epaurion | next day | G1887 → | 17 times |
| ἐάσαντες | easantes | having allowed | G1439 → | 11 times |
| τοὺς | tous | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἱππεῖς | hippeis | horsemen | G2460 → | |
| ἀπέρχεσθαι | aperchesthai | to go | G565 → | 115 times |
| σὺν | sun | with | G4862 → | 128 times |
| αὐτῷ | auto | him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ὑπέστρεψαν | hupestrepsan | they returned | G5290 → | 35 times |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| τὴν | ten | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| παρεμβολήν· | parembolen | barracks; | G3925 → | 10 times |
τῇOn the
teaG3588 →19766 times
δὲnow
deG1161 →2765 times
ἐπαύριονnext day
epaurionG1887 →17 times
ἐάσαντεςhaving allowed
easantesG1439 →11 times
τοὺςthe
tousG3588 →19766 times
ἱππεῖςhorsemen
hippeisG2460 →
ἀπέρχεσθαιto go
aperchesthaiG565 →115 times
σὺνwith
sunG4862 →128 times
αὐτῷhim
autoG846 →5565 times
ὑπέστρεψανthey returned
hupestrepsanG5290 →35 times
εἰςto
eisG1519 →1755 times
τὴνthe
tenG3588 →19766 times
παρεμβολήν·barracks;
parembolenG3925 →10 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 23:10The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.
it leads to
- James 1:19
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
- Acts 22:24
the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.
- James 3:14
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
- Acts 21:30–36
The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
- Acts 23:16
But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.
- James 1:19
Through
Acts 23:23Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
it leads to
- Luke 12:38
Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.
- Acts 23:33
When the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.
- Matthew 14:25
During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.
- Luke 12:38
Where this verse is studied
About Acts
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 50; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and William Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen.