Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Overview
Act 23:1, As Paul pleads his cause, Act 23:2, Ananias commands them to smite him; Act 23:7, Dissension among his accusers; Act 23:11, God encourages him; Act 23:14, The Jews' laying wait for Paul, Act 23:20. is declared unto the chief captain; Act 23:27, He sends him to Felix the governor.
earnestly: Act 23:6, Act 6:15, Act 22:5; Pro 28:1
Men: Act 22:1
I have: Act 24:16; Co1 4:4; Co2 1:12, Co2 4:2; Ti2 1:3; Heb 13:18; Pe1 3:16
Ananias: Act 24:1
to smite: Kg1 22:24; Jer 20:2; Mic 5:1; Mat 26:67; Joh 18:22
God: God did smite him in a remarkable manner; for about five years after this, after his house had been reduced to ashes, in a tumult raised by his own son, he was besieged and taken in the royal palace; where having attempted in vain to hide himself, he was dragged out and slain.
thou whited: Mat 23:27, Mat 23:28
for: Lev 19:35; Psa 58:1, Psa 58:2, Psa 82:1, Psa 82:2, Psa 94:20; Ecc 3:16; Amo 5:7; Mic 3:8-11
smitten: Deu 25:1, Deu 25:2; Joh 7:51, Joh 18:24
I wist: Soon after the holding of the first council at Jerusalem, Ananias, son of Nebedenus, was deprived of the high priest's office, for certain acts of violence, and sent to Rome, whence he was afterwards released, and returned to Jerusalem. Between the death of Jonathan, who succeeded him and was murdered by Felix, and the high priesthood of Ismael, who was invested with that office by Agrippa, an interval elapsed in which this dignity was vacant. This was the precise time when Paul was apprehended; and the Sanhedrin being destitute of a president, Ananias undertook to discharge the office. It is probable that Paul was ignorant of this circumstance. Act 24:17
Thou: Exo 22:28; Ecc 10:20; Pe2 2:10; Jde 1:8, Jde 1:9
Paul: Mat 10:16
of the hope: Act 24:15, Act 24:21, Act 26:6-8, Act 28:20
there: Act 14:4; Psa 55:9; Mat 10:34; Joh 7:40-43
Act 4:1; Mat 22:23; Mar 12:18; Luk 20:27
We: Act 25:25, Act 26:31; Sa1 24:17; Pro 16:7; Luk 23:4, Luk 23:14, Luk 23:15, Luk 23:22
if: Act 23:8, Act 9:4, Act 22:7, Act 22:17, Act 22:18, Act 26:14-19, Act 27:23; Joh 12:29
let: Act 5:39, Act 11:17; Co1 10:22
fearing: Act 23:27, Act 19:28-31, Act 21:30-36; Psa 7:2, Psa 50:22; Mic 3:3; Jam 1:19, Jam 3:14-18; Jam 4:1, Jam 4:2
to take: Act 22:24
the Lord: Act 2:25, Act 18:9, Act 27:23, Act 27:24; Psa 46:1, Psa 46:2, Psa 109:31; Isa 41:10,Isa 41:14, Isa 43:2; Jer 15:19-21; Mat 28:20; Joh 14:18; Co2 1:8-10
Be: Act 27:22, Act 27:25; Mat 9:2, Mat 14:27; Joh 16:33
for: Act 19:21, Act 20:22, Act 22:18, Act 28:23-28; Rom 1:15, Rom 1:16; Phi 1:13; Ti2 4:17
must: Act 28:30,Act 28:31; Isa 46:10; Joh 11:8-10
certain: Act 23:21, Act 23:30, Act 25:3; Psa 2:1-3, Psa 64:2-6; Isa 8:9, Isa 8:10; Jer 11:19; Mat 26:4
bound: Kg1 19:2; Kg2 6:31; Mat 27:25; Mar 6:23-26
under a curse: or, with an oath of execration, Lev 27:29; Jos 6:26, Jos 7:1, Jos 7:15; Neh 10:29; Mat 26:74 *Gr: Co1 16:22; Gal 3:13
that: Such execrable vows as these were not unusual among the Jews, who, from their perverted traditions, challenged to themselves a right of punishing without any legal process, those whom they considered transgressors of the law; and in some cases, as in the case of one who had forsaken the law of Moses, they thought they were justified in killing them. They therefore made no scruple of acquainting the chief priests and elders with their conspiracy against the life of Paul, and applying for their connivance and support; who, being chiefly of the sect of the Sadducees, and the apostle's bitterest enemies, were so far from blaming them for it, that they gladly aided and abetted them in this mode of dispatching him, and on its failure they soon afterwards determined upon making a similar attempt (Act 25:2, Act 25:3). If these were, in their bad way, conscientious men, they were under no necessity of perishing for hunger, when the providence of God had hindered them from accomplishing their vow; for their vows of abstinence from eating and drinking were as easy to loose as to bind, any of their wise men or Rabbis having power to absolve them, as Dr. Lightfoot has shown from the Talmud. Sa1 14:24, Sa1 14:27, Sa1 14:28, Sa1 14:40-44; Psa 31:13
which: Sa2 15:12, Sa2 15:31; Joh 16:2
Psa 52:1, Psa 52:2; Isa 3:9; Jer 6:15, Jer 8:12; Hos 4:9; Mic 7:3
that he: Act 25:3; Psa 21:11, Psa 37:32, Psa 37:33; Pro 1:11, Pro 1:12, Pro 1:16, Pro 4:16; Isa 59:7; Rom 3:14-16
when: Job 5:13; Pro 21:30; Lam 3:37; Co1 3:19
he went: Sa2 17:17
one: Act 23:23, Act 22:26; Pro 22:3; Mat 8:8, Mat 8:9, Mat 10:16
Paul: Act 16:25, Act 27:1, Act 28:17; Gen 40:14, Gen 40:15; Eph 3:1, Eph 4:1; Plm 1:9
something: Luk 7:40
took: Jer 31:32; Mar 8:23, Mar 9:27
What: Neh 2:4; Est 5:3, Est 7:2, Est 9:12; Mar 10:51
The Jews: Act 23:12
as: Act 23:15; Psa 12:2; Dan 6:5-12
do not: Exo 23:2
for: Act 23:12-14, Act 9:23, Act 9:24, Act 14:5, Act 14:6, Act 20:19, Act 25:3; Co2 11:26, Co2 11:32, Co2 11:33
two centurions: Act 23:17
at: About nine o'clock in the evening, for the greater secrecy, and to elude the cunning, active malice of the Jews. Mat 14:25; Luk 12:38
beasts: Neh 2:12; Est 8:12; Luk 10:34
Felix: Act 23:26, Act 23:33-35, Act 24:3, Act 24:10,Act 24:22-27, Act 25:14
the governor: Mat 27:2; Luk 3:1
the most: Act 24:3, Act 26:25 *Gr: Luk 1:3
greeting: Act 15:23; Jam 1:1; Jo3 1:14
was taken: Act 23:10, Act 21:31-33, Act 24:7
having: Act 22:25-29
questions: Act 23:6-9, Act 18:15, Act 24:5, Act 24:6, Act 24:10-21, Act 25:19, Act 25:20
but: Act 25:7, Act 25:8, Act 25:11, Act 25:25, Act 26:31
it was: Act 23:16-24
and gave: Act 24:7, Act 24:8, Act 25:5, Act 25:6
Farewell: Act 15:29; Co2 13:11
as: Act 23:23, Act 23:24; Luk 7:8; Ti2 2:3, Ti2 2:4
delivered: Act 23:25-30
presented: Act 28:16
he asked: Act 25:1; Est 1:1, Est 8:9; Dan 2:49, Dan 6:1; Luk 23:6
when: Act 23:30, Act 24:1, Act 24:10,Act 24:22, Act 24:24-27, Act 25:16