Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”
Malice that cannot gain its end by tumult or law will turn to the knife. Forty men bound themselves by oath to murder Paul, their hearts filled with hatred because he preached to Gentiles. Satan had stirred them in the night; by daylight they were ready to kill. But Christ appeared to Paul in darkness to shield him, and God was awake before His enemies rose.
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Commenting on Acts 23:12-35
Paul's nephew had access to him in the castle, not because he was closely confined, but because he was a Roman and uncondemned, and brought word of the ambush. This was duty and affection both, worthy of imitation, whether it sprang from natural relation or from religion or from both.
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These conspirators knew their audience so well they did not doubt the council would make this wicked request. That public justice had so fallen as to allow such an iniquitous plot shows the depth of corruption; only God's intervention could stop them.
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