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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Acts 23:19

Taking him by the hand, with marks of affection and tenderness. It is probable that he tribune expected this young man was come to offer some ransom for Paul's liberty. (Menochius)

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See also Acts 23:19 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    TOOK HIM BY THE HAND - As an expression of kindness and civility. He did it to draw him aside from the multitude, that he might communicate his message privately....

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEWISH PLOT: REMOVAL OF PAUL. The Jews propose what the tribune, in Acts 22:30 to Acts 23:10, has already done on his own initiative; here we are on historical ground. The hated person being removed f...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    On the next night the Lord stood by Paul and said, "Courage! As you have testified for me in Jerusalem, so you must bear witness in Rome also." When it was day the Jews formed a plot and laid themselv...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE STRATEGY OF PAUL (Acts 23:1-10)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TOOK. Greek. _epilambanomai._ See note on Acts 9:27. WENT... ASIDE. having withdrawn. Greek. _anachoreo._ Compare Matthew 12:15. PRIVATELY. Greek. _kat_. (App-104) _idian._ This expression occ many...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the chief captain took him by the hand_ The messenger from a Roman citizen was entitled to some consideration, and the action of the chief captain is meant to encourage the young man. The chief capta...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘΠΙΛΑΒΌΜΕΝΟΣ ΣῈ ΤΗ͂Σ ΧΕΙΡΌΣ, _and having taken him by the hand_. The messenger sent by a Roman citizen was entitled to some consideration, and the action of the chief captain is meant to encourage the...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    PAUL IS CHEERED BY A VISION. THE JEWS CONSPIRE TO KILL HIM...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE JEWS CONSPIRED TO KILL PAUL ACTS 23:12-24:_ There was so much hatred toward Paul that more than forty Jewish men vowed that they would not eat nor drink until they had killed him. They even asked...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΠΙΛΑΒΌΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (conymcme.)_ от ΈΠΙΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G1949) брать, держать, с _gen._ Он взял его за руку, чтобы выразить юноше свое доверие (Bengel). ΆΝΑΧΩΡΉΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) о...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEN THE CHIEF CAPTAIN TOOK HIM BY THE HAND,— It is observable, that Lysias seems to have conducted this whole affair like a man of integrity, prudence, and generosity....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    g. The plot for Paul's life and his escape. Acts 23:12-30. Acts 23:12 And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink...

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    See notes on verse 17...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    THEN THE CHIEF CAPTAIN TOOK HIM BY THE HAND, AND WENT WITH HIM ASIDE PRIVATELY, AND ASKED HIM, WHAT IS THAT THOU HAST TO TELL ME? Then the chief captain took him by the hand. _ A little lad, then,...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    10 The captain was more concerned that a Roman citizen should not be injured than to get their report, and so sends his soldiers to rescue him a second time from their clutches. It was well that he wa...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ST. PAUL SENT TO CÆESAREA 1. St. Paul often asserts his good conscience before God and man: see Acts 22:3; Acts 24:16....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ST. PAUL IS SENT TO CÆSAREA....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 23 PAUL SPEAKS TO THE *SANHEDRIN, 23:1-11 V1 Paul looked straight at the *Sanhedrin. He said, ‘My brothers, my conscience feels good about how...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἐπιλαβ.: “ut fiduciam adolescentis confirmaret,” Bengel, so Knabenbauer; on ἐπιλ. see note, Acts 17:19. τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ, _cf._ Luke 8:54, Winer-Moulton, xxx. 8 d; see Calvin's note on the _humanitas_...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    WOULD-BE MURDERERS BAFFLED Acts 23:12 The Lord had told His servant that he was needed in Rome, but the conspirators said that he should not leave Jerusalem. There is only one conclusion when such a...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    By action of the Roman governor, Paul was arraigned before the Jewish Sanhedrin. Hardly had he commenced before he was interrupted and insulted. It was a most trying ordeal for the apostle. It is easi...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    The Lord Protected Paul From the Jews With all the hostility the Jews had shown him since his arrival in Jerusalem, Paul may have doubted if he would ever escape that city and fulfill his desire to pr...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    THE CONSPIRACY AND DELIVERANCE 11-35. That mighty vision was the secret of Paul's redoubtable courage and sanctified versatility. He knew he was to “see Rome.” God's heroes are immortal until the last...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. (13) And they were more than forty...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    − 19._Taking him by the hand. _In that the chief captain did show himself so courteous to the young man, in that he led him by the hand into a secret place, in that he vouchsafeth to hear him so gentl...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Paul addresses the council with the gravity and dignity of an upright man accustomed to walk with God. It is not a testimony borne to them for their good; but the appeal of a good conscience to their...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN THE CHIEF CAPTAIN TOOK HIM BY THE HAND,.... Some have thought that the reason of this was, that he expected that the young man had brought him a present in his hand, from Paul; but this is to rep...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went _with him_ aside privately, and asked _him_, What is that thou hast to tell me? Ver. 19. _Took him by the hand_] Courtesy and affability in high...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _When Paul's sister's son heard_, &c. How privately soever this business was contrived, the providence of God so ordered it, that, for the deliverance of his faithful servant from this inhuman and blo...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THEN THE CHIEF CAPTAIN TOOK HIM BY THE HAND, AND WENT WITH HIM ASIDE PRIVATELY, AND ASKED HIM, WHAT IS THAT THOU HAST TO TELL ME?...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The plot Revealed:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    In this hearing the chief captain did not take the place of an adjudicator, nor was there any other judicial authority present to keep order. Paul then takes advantage of the occasion to speak earnest...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    THEN THE COMMANDER TOOK HIM BY THE HAND, WENT ASIDE, AND ASKED PRIVATELY, " WHAT IS IT THAT YOU HAVE TO TELL ME? " 20 AND HE SAID, " THE JEWS HAVE AGREED TO ASK THAT YOU BRING PAUL DOWN TO THE COUNCI...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    Acts 23:17-22 Give the commander credit for believing Paul's nephew, in addition, after seeing the uncontrolled anger of the Jews in Acts 21:1 and this chapter, it would not be hard to believe such. p...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-24 False religious principles, adopted by carnal men, urge on to such wickedness, as human nature would hardly be supposed capable of. Yet the Lord readily disappoints the best concerted schemes o...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    He TOOK HIM BY THE HAND, as a token of courtesy; these commanders showing an excellent example of humanity and pity towards their inferiors and supposed criminals. There are several reasons given of t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 23:19 Then G1161 commander G5506 took G1949 (G5637) him G846 hand G5495 G2532 aside G402 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And the chief captain took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?” ' The chief captain then took the lad's hand (he was clearly a sympathetic man...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE JEWS PLAN AN AMBUSH WITH THE PURPOSE OF SLAYING PAUL, WHICH IS THWARTED BY PAUL'S NEPHEW AND THE DIVINE HAND (23:12-24). We discover here how the hatred that has followed Paul around at the hands...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Acts 23:19. THEN THE CHIEF CAPTAIN TOOK HIM BY THE HAND. It is evident that the Roman commander was favourably impressed with something in Paul's bearing, and probably with his words. He was clearly g...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    TOOK HIM BY THE HAND (επιλαβομενος της χειρος αυτου). Kindly touch in Lysias, _ut fiduciam adolescentis confirmaret_ (Bengel). Note genitive with the second aorist middle (indirect, to himself) of ε...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Paul before the Sanhedrin. The conspiracy to kill Paul and its defeat. Paul sent to Felix. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Ananias, Pharisees, Sadduces, Paul's sister's son, centurion, chief...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Acts 23:2. _Smite him on the mouth._ Ananias the highpriest commanded this, when he heard Paul profess a good conscience, and determined to persevere in preaching Christ. So Ahab commanded Micaiah to...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    THEY TOOK A VOW. These Jews may have been some of his bitter enemies from Ephesus who had grabbed him in the temple. They may have been "armed terrorists" [Zealots - Assassins], who later played such...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he … told Paul._ PAUL’S SISTER’S SON From this subject we learn-- I. That humble and nameless individuals are sometimes of great service i...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul._ Paul in the castle at Jerusalem On two other occasions a special Divine encouragement was given to Paul similar to t...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 23:12. The Jews (rather than CERTAIN OF THE JEWS) who banded themselves together UNDER A CURSE to kill Paul were not the members of the Sanhedrim, who had forgotten their opini...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ACTS 23:1 _Looking steadfastly on _for _earnestly beholding, _A.V.; _brethren _for _men and brethren, _A.V._; I have lived before God, _etc., for _I have lived, _etc., _before God, _A.V. L...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And so Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day (Acts 23:1). Paul was indeed a remarkable man. As Paul is writing to...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Esther 5:3; Esther 7:2; Esther 9:12; Jeremiah 31:32; Mark 10:51;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And the tribune taking him by the hand — In a mild, condescending way. Lysias seems to have conducted this whole affair with great integrity, humanity, and prudence....

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