Took him by the hand (επιλαβομενος της χειρος αυτου). Kindly touch in Lysias, ut fi-

duciam adolescentis confirma…

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…

The seriousness with which the commander took the warning about the plot shows that he knew Ananias was the kind of man who could support such acti…

Taking him by the hand. The fact that the chief captain showed himself so courteous to the young man, that he led him by the hand into a p…

Then the chief captain took him by the hand
Some have thought that the reason of this was, that he expected that the…

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