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Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Ye (υμεις). Emphatic.

Signify (εμφανισατε). First aorist active imperative of εμφανιζω. Make plain from εμ…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

You, with the council. With the concurrence or request of the Sanhedrin. It was only by such a request that they had any hope that the com…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Now therefore ye with the council . . .—The plot was necessary, either:

  1. because the Sanhedrin had lost, unde…
Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

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…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Now therefore you with the council
The whole sanhedrim; their sense is, that they would have the sanhedrim convened …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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

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