Acts 23:28

28 And [because I] wanted to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought [him] down to their Sanhedrin.

Acts 23:28 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 23:28

And when I would have known the cause
Or crime, he was guilty of:

wherefore they accused him:
which they charged him with, and for which they beat him almost to death:

I brought him forth into their council;
their court of judicature, the great sanhedrim.

Acts 23:28 In-Context

26 Claudius Lysias. To his excellency Governor Felix. Greetings!

27 This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them [when I] came upon [them] with the detachment [and] rescued [him], [because I] learned that he was a Roman citizen.

28 And [because I] wanted to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought [him] down to their Sanhedrin.

29 I found {he} was accused concerning controversial questions of their law, but having no charge deserving death or imprisonment.

30 And [when it] was made known to me there would be a plot against the man, I sent [him] to you immediately, also ordering [his] accusers to speak against him before you.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[because]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("wanted") which is understood as causal
• [b]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [c]. Or "council"