Acts 23:10
And, great dissension arising, the captain, fearing lest Paul would be torn in pieces by them, ordered the troop to go down, and take him by force out of their midst, to bring him into the castle.
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Psalms 7:2Lest one tear, as a lion, my soul,—and there be no deliverer to rescue.
Micah 3:3Who indeed have eaten the flesh of my people, and, their skin from off them, have stript, and, their bones, have they broken in pieces,—and will spread them out, as flesh with a fork, and as flesh, in the midst of a pot.
Acts 21:30And the whole city was set in motion, and there took place a running together of the people, and, laying hold of Paul, they proceeded to drag him outside the temple, and, straightway, the doors were made fast.
Acts 23:16But Paul’s sister’s son hearing of the lying-in-wait, happening to be near, and coming into the castle,—reported it unto Paul.
Acts 23:32and, on the morrow, leaving the horsemen to go on with him, returned to the castle,—
James 1:19Ye know, my brethren beloved,—but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
Matthew Henry on Acts 23:7-12
Paul's Second Defence. 6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. 7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. 9 And there arose a… Read the whole commentary →