Acts 24:7

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 "We have found this man a pest. He is an agitator among all the Jews throughout the world and a ringleader of the sect of the Natzratim.
6 He even tried to profane the Temple, but we arrested him.
8 By questioning this man yourself, you will be able to learn all about the things of which we are accusing him."
9 The Judeans also joined in the accusation and alleged that these were the facts.
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