Acts 23:22

Acts 23:22 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)The commander dismissed the young man with this warning: “Don’t tell anyone that you have reported this to me.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)So the tribune dismissed the young man, charging him, "Tell no one that you have informed me of these things."
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the commander let the young man depart, and commanded him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.”

Context of Acts 23:22

20“The Jews,” he said, “have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin tomorrow, as though they are going to hold a somewhat more careful inquiry about him. 21Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than forty of them lying in ambush — men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, waiting for your consent.” So the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him, “Don’t tell anyone that you have informed me about this.” 23He summoned two of his centurions and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready with seventy cavalry and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at nine tonight. 24Also provide mounts to ride so that Paul may be brought safely to Felix the governor.”

Acts 23:22 word by word

Ὁ μὲν οὖν χιλίαρχος ἀπέλυσεν τὸν νεανίσκον παραγγείλας μηδενὶ ἐκλαλῆσαι ὅτι ταῦτα ἐνεφάνισας πρός με.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Soοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• ·μένmen · on the other handG3303
• the chief captainχιλίαρχοςchiliarchos · military officerG5506
• letἀπολύωapoluō · to release: releaseG630
• the young manνεανίαςneanias · young manG3494
• and chargedπαραγγέλλωparaggellō · to orderG3853
• tellἐκλαλέωeklaleō · to speak outG1583
• no manμηδείςmēdeis mēdemia mēden · nothingG3367
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• thou hast shewedἐμφανίζωemphanizō · to showG1718
• these thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473

Cross-references for Acts 23:22

• Joshua 2:14The men answered her, “We will give our lives for yours. If you don’t report our mission, we will show kindness and faithfulness to you when the Lord gives us the land.”
• Mark 1:44telling him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer what Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

Commentaries on Acts 23:22

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-24Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-22Paul’s nephew stopped the plan to kill him by telling a Roman officer.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2216-22. Paul's sister's son--(See on Ac 9:30). If he was at this time residing at Jerusalem for his education, like Paul himself, he may have got at the schools those hints of the conspiracy on which he so promptly acted.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 23:22

• Change of Venue
• Claudius Lysius
• Minister, Christian
• Paul

In the dictionaries

• Band
• Conspiracy
• Cry
• James
• Tiller
• Acts of the Apostles
• Army, Roman
• Felix; Antonius
• Paul, the Apostle
• Province

Commentaries on Acts 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings