Acts 23:30

Act 23:30. Μηνυθείσης) Upon this, as being a verb of declaring, the infinitive μέλλειν depends.

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Act 23:30 . A mingling of two constructions, Blass, Gram. , p. 247, Winer-Moulton, lxiii., 1, 1. ἔσεσθαι : on the future infinitive denoting time relatively to the time of the principal verb see Burton, pp. 48, 52. ἔπεμψα : epistolary aorist, cf. 1Co 5:11 , Phi 2:28 , Eph 6:22 , Col 4:8 , Phm 1:11 ; Burton, p. 21. ἐξαυτῆς , see critical note. λέγειν τὰ πρὸς αὐτὸν , cf. Act 19:38 , omitting τὰ , see critical note. ἐπὶ σοῦ : coram , cf. Act 24:20-21 , Act 25:9 ; Act 25:26 , Act 26:2 , 1Co 6:1 (1Ti 6:13 ), Winer-Moulton, xlvii.

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gave commandment to his accusers . . . to say before thee--This was not done when he wrote, but would be before the letter reached its destination.

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Verse 30. I sent straightway to thee] As the proper person before whom this business should ultimately come, and by whom it should be decided.

Farewell.] εππωσο, Be in good health.

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30. When it was showed to me. The second part of the epistle where the chief captain doth bring the adversaries into contempt, because they went about to kill Paul treacherously. Whence it is also gathered, that they trouble Paul unjustly, and that they sought so sore against his life without any cause. For if they had persecuted him lawfully, they would have trusted to the goodness of their cause, and not have suffered him to be judged according to law. Now, when as they seek to kill him, it appeareth that they have no reason.

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(30) Farewell.—The closing formula, like the opening one, agrees with that used in the letter of the Council of Jerusalem. The “commandment” given to the accusers to go down to Cæsarea was probably given in answer to the high priest’s application for another inquiry before the Sanhedrin. We are not told what became of the vow of the forty conspirators. They doubtless considered themselves absolved from it as soon as they heard of the prisoner’s removal, and their fast probably did not last longer than eighteen or twenty hours.

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30. And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man] In the oldest MSS. there is no mention made of “the Jews.” The Rev. Ver. therefore renders “and when it was shewn to me that there would be a plot against the man.”

I sent straightway to thee] i.e. I sent him. The pronoun is supplied in the Rev. Ver. as needful to the sense. Of course Lysias implies by his language that he felt that Felix was a more fit person than himself to deal with such a case.

and gave commandment, &c.] By reason of the text in the oldest MSS. the Rev. Ver. has, in the latter part of this clause, “to speak against him before thee.” The word “Farewell” is also unsupported by the earliest authorities.

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On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him,.... That is, the two hundred soldiers, and the two hundred spearmen, who were all on foot, left the seventy horsemen to conduct Paul to Caesarea; for being come to Antipatris, all danger from the Jews was over:

and returned to the castle; the castle Antonia in Jerusalem, from whence they set out.

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30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.

Ver. 30. And gave commandment to his accusers] For no man is bound to accuse himself; and, De secretis non iudicat lex. In the courts of men it is safest to plead Non feci, not guilty, saith Quintilian (though in God’s court it is otherwise).

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The Jews laid wait for the man; this reflects upon the Jews, as being seditious, and ready to attempt against the government; as also gives the governor an account why he troubled him with this prisoner, and why he sent so great a guard with him.

Farewell; the usual prayer wherewith they ended their letters, as in Act 15:29.

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Shown to for told, A.V.; that there would be a plot against for how that the Jews laid wait for. A.V. and T.R.; I sent him to thee forthwith for I sent straightway to thee, A.V.; charging for and gave commandment to, A.V.; to speak against him before thee for to say before thee what they had against him, A.V.; the R.T. omits farewell, in the A.V.. That there would be a plot, etc. Two constructions are mixed up either by the writer of the letter, or by the transcriber. One would be Mhnuqeishv de moi ejpiboulhv thv melloushv esesqai, "When I was informed of the plot which was about to be laid against him;" the other, Mhnuqentov moi ejpiboulhllein esesqai, "When I was informed that a plot was going to be laid," etc. Against the man; pron, as Act_6:1; gein 1Co_6:1. But le prov (instead of kata), "to speak against" any one, is an unusual phrase. The T.R., which is retained by Mill, Alford, Wordsworth, Meyer, etc., is far more probable.

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See notes on verse 23

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30. μέλλειν ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων omitted with אABE. The Vulg. has ‘quum mihi perlatum esset de insidiis quas paraverant illi.

ἔρρωσο omitted with AB. Vulg. ‘vale.’

30. μηνυθείσης δέ μοι ἐπιβουλῆς εἰς τὸν ἄνδρα ἔσεσθαι ἐξ αὐτῶν, and when it was shewn to me that there would be a plot against the man by them. The construction is very strange. The full sentence would be grammatically μηνυθείσης μοι ἐπιβουλῆς ἐπιβουλὴν ἔσεσθαι κ.τ.λ.

ἔπεμψα πρός σε, I sent to thee, i.e. I sent him. Of course Lysias implies by his language that he felt Felix to be a more fit person than himself to deal with such a case.

λέγειν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ σοῦ, themselves to speak before thee, i.e. to say whatever they had to say.

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30.] Two constructions are combined here: (1) μηνυθείσης ἐπιβουλῆς τῆς ἐσομένης, and (2) μηνυθέντος, ἐπιβουλὴν ἔσεσθαι.

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When it was told [μηνυθεισης] . Lit., pointed out, or shown, as Rev. See on Luk 20:37.

Farewell. The best texts omit. See on ch. Act 14:29.

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