Banded together (ποιησαντες συστροφην). See on 19:40 (riot), but here conspiracy, secret combination, binding together like twiste…

Certain of the Jews. Some of the Jews. They were more than forty in number (Acts 23:13).

Banded together. They…

Certain of the Jews banded together . . .—The casuistry of the more fanatical Jews led them to the conclusion that a blas…

Failing in their earlier plot to kill Paul in the temple precincts, more than forty fanatical Jews (probably many of them Asian Jews who had instig…

And when it was day. By this circumstance, Luke shows how necessary it was for Paul to gather new and fresh strength of faith, so that he …

And when it was day
As soon as it was light, very early in the morning:

certain of the Jews bande…

False religious principles, adopted by carnal men, urge toward such wickedne , as human nature would hardly be thought capable of. Yet the Lord rea…