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John Gill's Exposition on Acts 24:7

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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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