Acts 24:7

7 But Lysias the commander came and took him from our hands, commanding his accusers to come to you.]^[a]

Acts 24:7 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 24:7

But the chief captain Lysias came upon us
Suddenly, and at unawares, immediately, and with great haste, before they could execute their designs; which were not to judge Paul according to law, but to kill him, in the manner the zealots did:

and with great violence took him away out of our hands;
for he came with an army, and rescued him, ( Acts 23:27 ) Some copies add, "and sent him to thee"; and so the Syriac version reads.

Acts 24:7 In-Context

5 For we have found this man to be a plague, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the Roman world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes!

6 He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we apprehended him [and wanted to judge him according to our law.

7 But Lysias the commander came and took him from our hands, commanding his accusers to come to you.]

8 By examining him yourself you will be able to discern all these things of which we accuse him."

9 The Jews also joined in the attack, alleging that these things were so.

Footnotes

• [a]. Other mss omit bracketed text