I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
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
Verse 35. In Herod's judgment hall. Greek, In the praetorium of Herod. The word here used denoted, formerly, the tent of the Roman praetor; and as that was the place where justice was administered, it came to be applied to halls, or courts of justice. This had been reared probably by Herod the Great as his palace, or as a place for administering justice.
I will hear thee--The word means, "give thee a full hearing." to be kept in Herod's judgment hall--"prÃ&brvbrtorium," the palace built at CÃ&brvbrsarea by Herod, and now occupied by the Roman procurators; in one of the buildings attached to which Paul was ordered to be kept. Next: Acts Chapter 24