Act 23:15 | NETfull | STEP | So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”

Acts 23:15

15 So now you and the council ^{▼▼ Grk “the Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).} request the commanding officer ^{▼▼ Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 10.} to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine ^{▼▼ Or “decide.” BDAG 227 s.v. διαγινώσκω has “ἀκριβέστερον τὰ περὶ αὐτοῦ to make a more thorough examination of his case Ac 23:15.”} his case ^{▼▼ Grk “determine the things about him.”} by conducting a more thorough inquiry. ^{▼▼ The expression “more thorough inquiry” reflects the comparative form of ἀκριβέστερον (akribesteron).} We are ready to kill him ^{▼▼ “We are ready to kill him.” Now those Jews involved in the conspiracy, along with the leaders as accomplices, are going to break one of the ten commandments.} before he comes near this place.” ^{▼▼ The words “this place” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.}