Acts 23:10
The dispute was becoming so violent, that the Commanding Officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces between them, ordered the Guard to go down and rescue him from them, and take him into the Fort.
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Acts 21:30The whole city was stirred, and the people quickly collected, seized Paul, and dragged him out of the Temple, when the doors were immediately shut.
Acts 23:16However, the son of Paul’s sister, hearing of the plot, went to the Fort, and on being admitted, told Paul about it.
Acts 23:32and on the next day, leaving the troopers to go on with him, they returned to the Fort.
James 1:19Mark this, my dear Brothers — Let every one be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry;
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 →