Act 23:21, 30, 25:3 | Barnes | STEP | Verse 21. Looking for a promise from thee . Waiting for you consent to bring him down to them. (e) "yield unto them"

Acts 23:21

Verse 21. Looking for a promise from thee. Waiting for you consent to bring him down to them.

(e) "yield unto them" Ex 23:2

Acts 23:30

Verse 30.

Acts 25:3

Verse 3. And desired favour against him. Desired the favour of Festus, that they might accomplish their wicked purpose on Paul.

Would send for him to Jerusalem. Probably under a pretence that he might be tried by the sanhedrim; or perhaps they wished Festus to hear the cause there, and to decide it while he was at Jerusalem. Their real motive is immediately stated.

Laying wait in the way to kill him. That is, they would lie in wait, or they would employ a band of Sicarii, or assassins, to take his life on the journey. Acts 21:38; Acts 23:12. It is altogether probable that if this request had been granted, Paul would have been killed. But God had promised him that he should bear witness to the truth at Rome, (Acts 23:11;) and his providence was remarkable in thus influencing the mind of the Roman governor, and defeating the plans of the Jewish council.

(a) "laying wait" Acts 23:14,15 (+) "wait" "purposing to lie in wait"