As a big dispute was developing, the commander was afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them. So he ordered the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them and to bring him into headquarters.
Acts 23:32 - Tree of Life Version On the next day, they returned to headquarters, leaving the horsemen to go on with him. 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. |
As a big dispute was developing, the commander was afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them. So he ordered the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them and to bring him into headquarters.
But the son of Paul’s sister heard of their ambush. He went into the headquarters and told Paul.
Calling two of his centurions, he said, “At the third hour of the night, prepare two hundred soldiers, along with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, to proceed as far as Caesarea.
So the soldiers, in keeping with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.