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Acts 23:16

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But when the son of Paul’s sister heard of this plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.

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Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En Rogel. A female servant was to go and inform them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they could not risk being seen entering the city.

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.

There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord.

Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous, do not plunder their dwelling place;

Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?

Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another, and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.

As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.

The dispute became so violent that the commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them. He ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force and bring him into the barracks.

Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”

The next day they let the cavalry go on with him, while they returned to the barracks.

He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard but to give him some freedom and permit his friends to take care of his needs.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”;




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