Acts 23:33

33 {The horsemen}, [when they] came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, also presented Paul to him.

Acts 23:33 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 23:33

Who, when they came to Caesarea
The seventy horsemen:

and delivered the epistle to the governor;
to Felix, governor of Judea, who was now at Caesarea; namely, the letter which Claudius Lysias, the chief captain, sent to him; the form and contents of which are before given:

these presented Paul also before him;
concerning whom, and whose affairs, the letter was.

Acts 23:33 In-Context

31 Therefore the soldiers, in accordance with {their orders}, took Paul [and] brought [him] to Antipatris during the night.
32 And on the next day they let the horsemen go on with him, [and] they returned to the barracks.
33 {The horsemen}, [when they] came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, also presented Paul to him.
34 So [after] reading [the letter] and asking what province he was from, and learning that [he was] from Cilicia,
35 he said, "I will give you a hearing whenever your accusers arrive also," giving orders [for] him to be guarded in the praetorium of Herod.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Literally "who"
  • [b]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("came") which is understood as temporal
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