Acts 23:16

Acts 23:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
• New International Version (NIV)But when the son of Paul’s sister heard of this plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now the son of Paul's sister heard of their ambush, so he went and entered the barracks and told Paul.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their ambush, he went and entered the barracks and told Paul.

Context of Acts 23:16

14They went to the leaders of the priests and the important Jews. They said to them, ‘We have agreed together to make a serious promise to God. We will not eat anything until we have killed Paul. 15So now we want you and the group of Jewish leaders to send a message to the leader of the Roman soldiers. Ask him, “Please bring Paul to the meeting of the Jewish leaders. We want to know more about the wrong things that he has done.” That will be the message. But, we will wait for Paul and we will be ready to kill him. We will do this before he arrives here at the meeting.’ But the son of Paul's sister heard what the Jews had decided to do. He went into the soldiers' building and he told Paul about it. 17So Paul asked one of the soldiers' officers to come to him. He said, ‘Please take this young man to your leader. He has something important to tell him.’ 18Then the officer led the young man to the soldiers' leader. He said to him, ‘Paul, who is here in the prison, spoke to me. He asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.’

Acts 23:16 word by word

Ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀδελφῆς Παύλου τὴν ἐνέδραν, παραγενόμενος καὶ εἰσελθὼν εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν ἀπήγγειλεν τῷ Παύλῳ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And whenδέde · thenG1161
• Paul’sΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• sister’sὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• sister’sἀδελφήadelphē · sisterG79
• sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• of their lying in waitἔνεδρονenedron · hinderanceG1749
• he wentπαραγίνομαιparaginomai · to comeG3854
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• enteredεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the castleπαρεμβολήparembolē · barracksG3925
• and toldἀπαγγέλλωapaggellō · to announceG518

Cross-references for Acts 23:16

• Job 5:13When wise people try to do clever things, he causes those things to give them trouble. He quickly stops their clever ideas.
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no knowledge and no advice that can win against the Lord.
• Lamentations 3:37The Lord causes things to happen. Nobody can cause things to happen without him.
• 1 Corinthians 3:19People in this world think that some people are wise. But God thinks that those wise people are fools. It says in the Bible: ‘God causes the clever thoughts of wise people to confuse them.’
• 2 Samuel 17:17Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En Rogel. They did not go into the city because they did not want anyone to see them there. So a female servant would take messages to them. Then they would take the messages to King David.

Commentaries on Acts 23:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Paul's sister's son - This is all we know of Paul's family. And we know not how this young man got to Jerusalem; the family, no doubt, still resided at Tarsus.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Paul‘s sister‘s son - This is all that we know of the family of Paul. Nor do we know for what purpose he was at Jerusalem. It is possible that Paul might have a sister residing there; though, as Paul himself had been sent there formerly for his education, it seems more probable that this young man was sent there for the same purpose. Entered into the castle - Paul had the privileges of a Roman citizen, and as no well-founded charge had been laid against…Read the comment
• 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 23:16

• Castle
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• Paul

In the dictionaries

• Paul
• Paul, Saul
• Sister's Son
• Band
• Conspiracy
• Cry
• James
• Tiller
• Acts of the Apostles
• Felix; Antonius

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