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Soοὖνthe commanderὁ χιλίαρχοςdismissedἀπέλυσεthe young man,τὸν νεανίσκονordering him,παραγγείλας“Tellἐκλαλῆσαιno oneμηδενὶthatὅτιyou have reportedἐνεφάνισαςthese thingsταῦταtoπρὸςme.”ἐμέ
Acts 23:22
Study it in the app“So the commander dismissed the young man, ordering him, “Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 23:22, word by word
- the commanderχιλίαρχοςchiliarchos
commander
Commander: an officer over a thousand soldiers.
Where else “chiliarchos” appears- dismissedἀπέλυσεapelyse
send away
To bid someone farewell and let them go.
Where else “apelyse” appears- the young manνεανίσκονneaniskon
young man
Young man, youth.
Where else “neaniskon” appears- ordering himπαραγγείλαςparangeilas
command, instruct
Give orders, instruct.
Where else “parangeilas” appears- “Tellἐκλαλῆσαιeklalēsai
tell, divulge
Tell, divulge something that should have been kept secret.
Where else “eklalēsai” appears- no oneμηδενὶmēdeni
no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
Where else “mēdeni” appears- you have reportedἐνεφάνισαςenephanisas
make known
To make something known.
Where else “enephanisas” appears
The context
21So you must not be persuaded by them, for more than forty men of them are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”
22 · This verse (above)
23And calling two of the centurions, he said, “Get ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, from the third hour of the night;
To study Acts 23 in a group
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?