Acts 23:15
15So 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 ▼ to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine ▼ 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.
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