Act 23:35 | NETfull | STEP | he said, “I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive too.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.

Acts 23:35

35 he said, “I will give you a hearing ^{▼▼ Or “I will hear your case.” BDAG 231 s.v. διακούω has “as legal t.t. give someone an opportunity to be heard in court, give someone (τινός) a hearing Ac 23:35”; L&N 56.13 has “to give a judicial hearing in a legal matter - ‘to hear a case, to provide a legal hearing, to hear a case in court.’”} when your accusers arrive too.” Then ^{▼▼ Grk “ordering.” The participle κελεύσας (keleusas) has been translated as a finite verb and a new sentence begun here due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence. “Then” has also been supplied to indicate the logical and temporal sequence.} he ordered that Paul ^{▼▼ Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} be kept under guard in Herod’s palace. ^{▼▼ Herod’s palace (Grk “Herod’s praetorium”) was the palace built in Caesarea by Herod the Great. See Josephus, Ant. 15.9.6 (15.331). These events belong to the period of a.d. 56–57.}