Acts Chapter 23 verse 16 Holy Bible
But Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the castle and told Paul.
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But Paul's sister's son had word of their design, and he came into the army building and gave news of it to Paul.
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But Paul's sister's son, having heard of the lying in wait, came and entered into the fortress and reported [it] to Paul.
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And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
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But Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Paul.
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And the son of Paul's sister having heard of the lying in wait, having gone and entered into the castle, told Paul,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - But for and when, A.V.: and he came for he went, A.V. Lying in wait; ἐνέδρα, only here and in Acts 25:3 in the New Testament; but common in the Books of Joshua and Judges in the LXX., and also in classical Greek.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Paul's sister's son.--The passage is note worthy as being the only reference to any of St. Paul's relations in the Acts. The fact that St. Paul lodged with Mnason, as far as it goes, suggests the probability that neither the sister nor the nephew resided permanently in Jerusalem. We do not even know whether they were members of the Christian society, though this may, perhaps, be inferred from the eagerness of the son to save his uncle from the danger which he know to be imminent. We find that St. Paul had kinsmen at Rome (Romans 16:7; Romans 16:11). Was this nephew one of them who had come to Jerusalem to keep the feast, and heard the plot talked of (it is difficult to keep a secret in which forty men are sharers) in the caravanserai where he and other pilgrims lodged? We see, from the fact thus stated, that St. Paul, though in custody, was allowed to hold free communication with his friends. This, perhaps, accounts for the fulness with which the whole history is given. The writer of the Acts had come up with the Apostle, and was not likely to desert his friend if he could possibly gain access to him.
