Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
Verse Takeaways
1
A Formidable Threat
Commentators emphasize that the number of conspirators—more than forty—was significant. This was not a small group but a formidable force, likely assembled to ensure they had enough strength to overpower the Roman soldiers who would be guarding Paul. The danger was organized, numerous, and severe.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Acts
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
Commentaries
5
Albert Barnes
On Acts 23:13
18th Century
Theologian
Which had made this conspiracy. This oath, sunwmosian, this agreement or compact. This large number of desperate men, bound by so…
AT Robertson
On Acts 23:13
More than forty (πλειους τεσσερακοντα). Without "than" (η) as in verse 21; 24:11 and often in the ancient Greek.
Co…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 23:13
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…
Go Ad-Free
Go ad-free and create your own bookmark library
John Gill
On Acts 23:13
17th Century
Pastor
And they were more than forty who had made this
conspiracy. Who met together, formed this resolution, entered into th…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 23:12–24
17th Century
Minister
False religious principles, adopted by carnal men, urge toward such wickedness, as human nature would hardly be thought capable of. Yet the Lord re…