And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
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Gill's Exposition
And he wrote a letter after this manner. The chief captain wrote a letter to Felix the governor, the form and sum of which were as follow; this letter he sent by one of the centurions to him.
And he…
Barnes' Notes
And provide them beasts - One for Paul, and one for each of his attendants. The word translated “beasts” κτήνη ktēnē is of a general character, and may be applied either to horses, camels, or…
Adam Clarke
Provide them beasts - One for Paul, and some others for his immediate keepers.
Felix the governor - This Felix was a freed man of the Emperor Claudius, and brother of Pallas, chief favourite of the…
We have here the story of a plot against the life of Paul; how it was laid, how it was discovered, and how it was defeated.
I. How this plot was laid. They found they could gain nothing by popular…
Cambridge Bible
and provide them beasts Here is an infinitive, in dependence on the verb in the previous verse, to mark which the Rev. Ver.inserts he bade them.
Felix the governor He was made procurator of Judæa by…
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