Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 23:16

16 Bǎoluó de waìsheng , tīngjian tāmen shè xià máifu , jiù lái dào yíng lóu lǐ gàosu Bǎoluó .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 23:16 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 23:16

And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait,
&c.] Paul might have a sister living in Jerusalem; or this her son might be there on account of his studies; he might be a pupil to one of the doctors, by which means he might come at this secret, that such a number of men were in ambush, in order to take away his uncle's life: wherefore having got intelligence of it,

he went and entered into the castle;
the Alexandrian copy reads, "the synagogue"; but Paul was not there, but in the castle of Antonia; the Ethiopic version renders it, "the prison"; though it is plain that he was not very closely confined, it was easy to have access to him; the reason might be, not only because he was a Roman, but because he was uncondemned, nor was any charge proved against him:

and told Paul;
what he had heard, that such a number of men had entered into a conspiracy to take away his life, and lay in wait for him; and this was an instance both of duty and affection to his uncle, and worthy of imitation, whether it proceeded from natural relation, or from religion, or both.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 23:16 In-Context

14 Tāmen lái jiàn Jìsīzhǎng hé zhǎnglǎo shuō , wǒmen yǐjing qǐ le yī gè dà shì , ruò bú xiān shā Bǎoluó , jiù bú chī shénme.

15 Xiànzaì nǐmen hé gōnghuì yào zhī huì qiā fú zhǎng , jiào tā daì xià Bǎoluó dào nǐmen zhèlǐ lái , jiǎ zuò yào xiángxì chá kǎo tāde shì . wǒmen yǐjing yùbeì hǎo le , bú dĕng tā lái dào gēnqián jiù shā tā .

16 Bǎoluó de waìsheng , tīngjian tāmen shè xià máifu , jiù lái dào yíng lóu lǐ gàosu Bǎoluó .

17 Bǎoluó qǐng yī ge bǎifūzhǎng lái , shuō , nǐ lǐng zhè shàonián rén qù jiàn qiā fú zhǎng , tā yǒu shì gàosu tā .

18 Yúshì bǎ tā lǐng qù jiàn qiā fú zhǎng shuō , beì qiú de Bǎoluó qǐng wǒ dào Tānàli , qiú wǒ lǐng zhè shàonián rén lái jiàn nǐ . tā yǒu shì gàosu nǐ .