{The priests’ sons,} Jonathan and Ahimaaz, waited at En Rogel. They did not want to be seen going into the town, so a servant girl came out to them. She gave them the message. Then Jonathan and Ahimaaz went and told those things to King David.
Acts 23:16 - Easy To Read Version But Paul’s nephew heard about this plan. He went to the army building and told Paul about the plan. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the son of Paul's sister heard of their intended attack, and he went and got into the barracks and told Paul. American Standard Version (1901) But Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the castle and told Paul. Common English Bible Paul’s sister had a son who heard about the ambush and he came to the military headquarters and reported it to Paul. Catholic Public Domain Version But when Paul's sister's son had heard of this, about their treachery, he went and entered into the fortress, and he reported it to Paul. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Which when Paul's sister's son had heard, of their lying in wait, he came and entered into the castle and told Paul. |
{The priests’ sons,} Jonathan and Ahimaaz, waited at En Rogel. They did not want to be seen going into the town, so a servant girl came out to them. She gave them the message. Then Jonathan and Ahimaaz went and told those things to King David.
God catches even wise people\par in their own traps.\par So those clever plans are not successful.\par
There is no person who is wise enough to make a plan that can succeed if the Lord is against it.
Don’t be like a thief that wants to steal from a good person or take away his home.
Nobody can say something\par and have it happen,\par unless the Lord orders it to happen.\par
Some people there were yelling one thing and other people were yelling other things. Because of all this confusion and shouting, the commander could not learn the truth about what had happened. So the commander told the soldiers to take Paul to the army building.
The soldiers were ready to take Paul into the army building. But Paul spoke to the commander. Paul asked, “Do I have the right to say something to you?”
The argument became a fight. The commander was afraid that the Jews would tear Paul to pieces. So the commander told the soldiers to go down and take Paul away from these Jews and to put him in the army building.
Then Paul called one of the army officers {\cf2\super [458]} and said to him, “Take this young man to the commander. He has a message for him.”
The next day the soldiers on horses went with Paul to Caesarea. But the other soldiers and the spearmen went back to the army building \{in Jerusalem\}.
Felix told the army officer {\cf2\super [472]} to keep Paul guarded. But he told the officer to give Paul some freedom and to let Paul’s friends bring the things that Paul needed.
Why? Because the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. It is like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [21]} say, “He (God) catches the wise (smart) people when they use their sneaky ways.” {\cf2\super [22]}