Acts 22:30

“On the morrow, etc.] The next day; so that Paul was kept in the castle all night: because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews; which, as yet, he could not come at, some saying one thing, and some another; and which he ought to have known before he had bound him, and ordered him to be scourged: he loosed him from his bands not from his being bound with thongs to the pillar, that he had been loosed from before, but from the two chains with which he was bound, and held by two soldiers; (see <442133>Acts 21:33,35). and commanded the chief priests, and all the council to appear, the whole Jewish sanhedrim, which was now very much under the direction and…”

“commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear--that is, the Sanhedrim to be formally convened. Note here the power to order a Sanhedrim to try this case, assumed by the Roman officers and acquiesced in on their part. Next: Acts Chapter 23”

“On the morrow - After he had arrested Paul. Paul was still a prisoner; and if suffered to go at liberty among the Jews, his life would have been in danger. And commanded the chief priests ... - Summoned a meeting of the Sanhedrin, or Great Council of the nation. He did this, as he was prevented from scourging Paul, in order to know what he had done, and that he might learn from the Jews themselves the nature of the charge against him. This was necessary for the safety of Paul and for the ends of justice. This should have been done without any attempt to torture him in order to extort a confession. And brought Paul down - From the elevated castle of Antonia. The council assembled commonly in…”

“because: Act 21:11, Act 21:33, Act 23:28, Act 26:29; Mat 27:2 commanded: Act 22:5, Act 5:21, Act 23:15; Mat 10:17 Next: Acts Chapter 23”