Acts 23:22

So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.”

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WEBBE

So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.”

BSB

So the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him, “Do not tell anyone that you have reported this to me.”

KJV

So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.

ASV

So the chief captain let the young man go, charging him, Tell no man that thou hast signified these things to me.

BBE

So the chief captain let the young man go, saying to him, Do not say to anyone that you have given me word of these things.

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Ὁ Ho (the) G3588 μὲν men Indeed G3303 οὖν oun therefore G3767 χιλίαρχος chiliarchos [the] commander G5506 ἀπέλυσεν apelusen dismissed G630 τὸν ton the G3588 νεανίσκον neaniskon young man G3495 παραγγείλας parangeilas having instructed [him] G3853 μηδενὶ mēdeni No one G3367 ἐκλαλῆσαι eklalēsai to tell G1583 ὅτι hoti that G3754 ταῦτα tauta these things G3778 ἐνεφάνισας enephanisas you reported G1718 πρός pros to G4314 με.¶ me me G3165

The early church

"So the tribune then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast showed these things to me." Moreover he gives his orders to the centurions only, at the time when the thing was to be done: and so Paul is sent into Caesarea, that there too he might discourse in a greater theatre and before a more splendid audience: that so the Jews may not be able to say, "If we had seen Paul, we would have believed-if we had heard him teaching." Therefore this excuse too is cut off from them.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 12–24

False religious principles, adopted by carnal men, urge on to such wickedness, as human nature would hardly be supposed capable of. Yet the Lord readily disappoints the best concerted schemes of iniquity. Paul knew that the Divine providence acts by reasonable and prudent means; and that, if he neglected to use the means in his power, he could not expect God's providence to work on his behalf. He who will not help himself according to his means and power, has neither reason nor revelation to assure him that he shall receive help from God. Believing in the Lord, we and ours shall be kept from every evil work, and kept to his kingdom. Heavenly Father, give us by thy Holy Spirit, for Christ's sake, this precious faith.

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