This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
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Gill's Exposition
Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law,.... As about the resurrection of the dead, and a future state, which some in the council denied, and some asserted, which with this heathen…
Barnes' Notes
Should have been killed of them - Was about to be killed by them. The life of Paul had been twice endangered in this manner, Act 21:30; Act 23:10. With an army - With a band of soldiers, Act 23:10.
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
This man was taken of the Jews The verb implies a seizure or arrest. It is used (Mat 26:55; Mar 14:48) of the party of men who came to seize our Lord, and (Act 12:3) of Herod Agrippa's arrest of St…