Hechos 24:23

23 Y mandó al centurión que Pablo fuese guardado, y aliviado de las prisiones; y que no vedase a ninguno de los suyos servirle, o venir a él.

Hechos 24:23 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 24:23

And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul
In custody, to watch and guard him, and look after him, that he went not away, since he was neither condemned nor acquitted; and therefore must be retained a prisoner, till one or other was done:

and to let him have liberty;
not to go where he pleased, or out of the place of confinement, for then there would have been no need of the after direction, not to prohibit his friends from coming to him; but to free him from his bonds and close confinement; which was done, partly on account of his being a Roman, and partly because he took him to be an innocent man, and it may be because he hoped to receive money from him:

that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come
unto him;
but that they should have free access to him, and the liberty of conversation with him; which layouts granted show that he was inclined to the side of Paul, both through the defence that he had made for himself, and through the letter which Lysias sent him, as well as through the knowledge he had gained by long observation and experience, of the temper and disposition of the Jews, their priests and elders.

Hechos 24:23 In-Context

21 si no sea que, estando entre ellos prorrumpí en alta voz: Acerca de la resurrección de los muertos soy hoy juzgado de vosotros.

22 Entonces Félix, oídas estas cosas, les puso dilación, diciendo: Al estar más informado de este camino, cuando descendiere el tribuno Lisias acabaré de conocer de vuestro negocio.

23 Y mandó al centurión que Pablo fuese guardado, y aliviado de las prisiones; y que no vedase a ninguno de los suyos servirle, o venir a él.

24 Y algunos días después, viniendo Félix con Drusila, su mujer, la cual era judía, llamó a Pablo, y oyó de él la fe que es en el Cristo.

25 Y disertando él de la justicia, y del dominio propio, y del juicio venidero, espantado Félix, respondió: Ahora vete, mas cuando tenga oportunidad te llamaré.