Actes 23:18

18 Le centurion l'ayant pris, le mena vers le tribun, et lui dit: Le prisonnier Paul, m'ayant appelé, m'a prié de t'amener ce jeune homme, qui a quelque chose à te dire.

Actes 23:18 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 23:18

So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain
Immediately, without any more to do, without curiously inquiring into the thing, or examining the young man about it; which showed him to be a man of a good disposition, and ready to do a kind office, even to a prisoner:

and said, Paul the prisoner called me to him;
either vocally or by some gesture, beckoned him to him:

and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something
to say unto thee;
in which may be observed the apostle's manner of address to the centurion, on this occasion; it was by way of entreaty; he asked it as a favour of him, to introduce his nephew to the chief captain; and the honour and modesty of the centurion, he did not seek by any methods to get the secret out, either of Paul or the young man; but readily undertakes the affair, honourably performs it, acquaints the captain with the circumstances of it, tells him the young man had something to say to him, he could not tell what, and then departs.

Actes 23:18 In-Context

16 Mais le fils de la sœur de Paul, ayant entendu ce complot, vint, et étant entré dans la forteresse, en informa Paul.

17 Et Paul, ayant appelé un des centeniers, lui dit: Mène ce jeune homme vers le tribun, car il a quelque chose à lui rapporter.

18 Le centurion l'ayant pris, le mena vers le tribun, et lui dit: Le prisonnier Paul, m'ayant appelé, m'a prié de t'amener ce jeune homme, qui a quelque chose à te dire.

19 Et le tribun, le prenant par la main, et l'ayant tiré à part, lui demanda: Qu'as-tu à m'annoncer

20 Il dit: Les Juifs sont convenus de te prier de faire descendre demain Paul dans le Sanhédrin, comme s'ils voulaient s'informer plus exactement de son affaire.