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Acts 23:35
he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The governor addresses Paul after reading a letter and confirming his Cilician origin, promising to hear the case when the accusers arrive and ordering Paul held in Herod’s Praetorium.
The words — The governor uses διακούσομαί (diakousomai), literally “I will hear fully,” and references οἱ κατήγοροί (hoi katēgoroi), “the accusers,” to frame the pending legal procedure.
The thread — This procedural delay and the use of the Praetorium reappear in Acts 23:30, Acts 25:16, and Matthew 27:27 as Roman legal and detention practices.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to observe that Roman legal procedure dictates waiting for accusers before trial, placing procedural order above immediate resolution.
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The Greek words
King James Version
I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
Cross-references
- Acts 23:30 When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.
- Acts 25:16 I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
- Matthew 27:27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.
- Matthew 2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
- Matthew 2:3 When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
- Matthew 2:16 When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
- John 18:28 Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
- Acts 24:1 Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
- Acts 24:10 When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.
- Acts 24:19 who ought to appear before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.