Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Acts 23:19

"And the chief captain took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, What is it that thou hast to tell me?" — Acts 23:19 (ASV)

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 action and realized that Jewish feeling against Paul was strong enough to nurture it.