Study it in the app“Now therefore you, together with the council, notify the commander so that he may bring down him to you, as though you were going to determine more exactly the things about him; and we are ready to kill him before he comes near.””
Nowνῦνthereforeοὖνyou,ὑμεῖςtogether withσὺνthe council,τῷ συνεδρίῳnotifyἐμφανίσατεthe commanderτῷ χιλιάρχῳso thatὅπωςhe may bring downκαταγάγῃhimαὐτὸνtoεἰςyou,ὑμᾶςas thoughὡςyou were goingμέλλονταςto determineδιαγινώσκεινmore exactlyἀκριβέστερονthe thingsτὰaboutπερὶhim;αὐτοῦandδὲweἡμεῖςareἐσμενreadyἕτοιμοίto killτοῦ ἀνελεῖνhimαὐτόνbeforeπρὸ τοῦheαὐτὸνcomes near.”ἐγγίσαι
with
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appearscouncil
The great Jewish court in Jerusalem.
Where else “synedriōi” appearsmake known
To make something known.
Where else “emphanisate” appearscommander
Commander: an officer over a thousand soldiers.
Where else “chiliarchōi” appearsbring down
To lead someone down.
Where else “katagagēi” appearsbe about to
Something on the point of happening.
Where else “mellontas” appearsdetermine
To find out something in full detail.
Where else “diaginōskein” appearsmore accurately
More accurately, more exactly, with greater care.
Where else “akribesteron” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “esmen” appearsready
Ready, prepared.
Where else “hetoimoi” appearskill
To end someone's life, to do away with them.
Where else “anelein” appearscome near
Come near, draw near; be at hand.
Where else “engisai” appears14they, going to the chief priests and the elders, said, “We have bound ourselves under a curse to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.
15 · This verse (above)
16But the son of Paul’s sister, having heard of the ambush, came and entered into the barracks and told Paul.
1. What it says
What does the Lord say to Paul the night after his appearance before the council? (v. 11)
2. What it means
Paul's nephew learns of a plot and reports it. What does the commander do with that information? (vv. 12-24)
3. How I live it
Paul was encouraged at a moment of great tension (v. 11). Who encouraged you when you needed it, and how can you do that for someone else?
