When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Sha'ul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.
Acts 23:32 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the next day they returned to the barracks, leaving the mounted men to proceed with him. American Standard Version (1901) But on the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle: Common English Bible The following day they let the horsemen continue on with Paul while they returned to the military headquarters in Jerusalem. Catholic Public Domain Version And the next day, sending the horsemen to go with him, they returned to the fortress. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the next day, leaving the horsemen to go with him, they returned to the castle. |
When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Sha'ul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.
But Sha'ul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Sha'ul.
He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, *Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night.*
So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Sha'ul and brought him by night to Antipatris.