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Acts 24:7

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What does Acts 24:7 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “[But the chief captain Lysias came, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,]” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

[But the chief captain Lysias came, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,]
Acts 24:7 — American Standard Version

Context — Acts 24

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
4But, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I entreat thee to hear us of thy clemency a few words.
5For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
6who moreover assayed to profane the temple: on whom also we laid hold: [and we would have judged him according to our law.]
7[But the chief captain Lysias came, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,]
8[commanding his accusers to come before thee.] from whom thou wilt be able, by examining him thyself, to take knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him.
9And the Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that these things were so.
10And when the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, Paul answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I cheerfully make my defense:
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, etc.] Suddenly, and at unawares, immediately, and with great haste, before they could execute their designs; which were not to judge Paul according to law, but to kill him, in the manner the zealots did: and with great violence took him away out of our hands; for he came with an army, and rescued him, (<442327>Acts 23:27) Some copies add, “and sent him to thee”; and so the Syriac version reads.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“But . . . Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him out of our hands--a wilful falsehood and calumnious charge against a public officer. He had commanded the Sanhedrim to meet for no other purpose than to "judge him according to their law"; and only when, instead of doing so, they fell to disputing among themselves, and the prisoner was in danger of being "pulled in pieces of them" (Act 23:10) --or as his own letter says "killed of them" (Act 23:27) --did he rescue him, as was his duty, "by force" out of their hands.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“But the chief captain ... - Tertullus pretends that they would have judged Paul righteously if Lysias had not interposed; but the truth was, that, without regard to law or justice, they would have murdered him on the spot. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“the chief: Act 21:31-33, Act 23:23-32; Pro 4:16 great: Act 21:35, Act 23:10 Acts 24:8”
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