Acts 23:32

32 And on the morrow they returned to the barracks, leaving the horsemen to go on with him.

Acts 23:32 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 23:32

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.

Acts 23:32 In-Context

30 And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him."
31 So the soldiers, according to their instructions, took Paul and brought him by night to Antip'atris.
32 And on the morrow they returned to the barracks, leaving the horsemen to go on with him.
33 When they came to Caesare'a and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him.
34 On reading the letter, he asked to what province he belonged. When he learned that he was from Cili'cia
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