Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 23:10

.10 And when there a[illegible: 1 letter]ose a great dissension, the chief captain fearing le[illegible: 1 letter]t Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the souldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.

Feuds about pretended Religion are usually among all men very sharp, because their Opinions being the Issues of their own Brains, are more beloved than their children, the fruit of their bodies.

From the Fort or Castle, unto which there was an Ascent or Stair, to go up and down by.