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He asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix, the governor.
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The Corrupt Governor Felix
The verse introduces Governor Felix, to whom Paul is being sent. Commentators unanimously describe him as a deeply corrupt and cruel ruler. A former slave who rose to power, he was known for exercising, as the historian Tacitus wrote, 'the power of a tyrant in the temper of a slave.' This context reveals the kind of worldly, depraved authority Paul would soon face in Caesarea.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And provide them beasts. This meant one animal for Paul and one for each of his attendants. The word translated 'beasts'—ktēnē—is…
Provide beasts (κτενη παραστησα). Change from direct to indirect discourse just the opposite of that in verse 22.
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19th Century
Anglican
Felix the governor. The career of the procurator so named is not without interest as an illustration of the manner in which the Ro…
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Since the commander could not risk having a Roman citizen assassinated while in his custody, he took steps to transfer Paul to the jurisdiction of …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And provide them beasts Horses or mules; the Syriac version reads in the singular number, "a beast": and one being s…
False religious principles, adopted by carnal men, urge toward such wickedness, as human nature would hardly be thought capable of. Yet the Lord re…
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