Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 23:15
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Acts23:15
15 Now therefore ye with the council signifie to the chief captain, that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
The Chief Priests are to joyn with the Council in this desire to the Chief Captain: for they had no Authority to command him.
The Plot against Paul's Life was laid very deep. and not easily to be discovered; it being usual to send for Prisoners to re-examine them, especially when Religion and the publick Peace is concerned; as they pretended that here they were.
The space between the Castle and the place where the Council met, being considerable, it gave the greater advantage to the Conspirators.
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