Acts 23:32

32 And on the next day they let the horsemen go on with him, [and] they returned to the barracks.

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 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.

31 Therefore the soldiers, in accordance with {their orders}, took Paul [and] brought [him] to Antipatris during the night.

32 And on the next day they let the horsemen go on with him, [and] they returned to the barracks.

33 {The horsemen}, [when they] came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, also presented Paul to him.

34 So [after] reading [the letter] and asking what province he was from, and learning that [he was] from Cilicia,

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("let") has been translated as a finite verb
• [b]. Or "headquarters"