Acts - 23:22

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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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Explanation and meaning of Acts 23:22.

Differing Translations

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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.
So the chief captain let the young man go, charging him, Tell no man that thou hast signified these things to me.
The tribune therefore dismissed the young man, charging him that he should tell no man, that he had made known these things unto him.
The chiliarch then dismissed the youth, commanding him, Utter to no one that thou hast represented these things to me.
So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shown these things to me.
The chief captain, then, indeed, let the young man go, having charged him to tell no one, 'that these things thou didst shew unto me;'
So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See you tell no man that you have showed these things to me.
So the Tribune sent the youth home, cautioning him. "Do not let any one know that you have given me this information," he said.
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.
And then the tribune dismissed the young man, instructing him not to tell anyone that he had made known these things to him.
The commanding officer then dismissed the lad, cautioning him not to mention to anybody that he had given him that information.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

(12) 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.
(12) There is no counsel against the Lord and his servants.

So the chief captain then let the young man depart,.... After he had had the account from him, and was master of the whole affair:
and charged him, see thou tell no man that thou hast showed these things to me; which was prudently said; it was a right and wise thing to conceal this matter, that the men might go on with their designs, and an opportunity be taken to convey Paul away, before the time came fixed by them to execute them; for otherwise, should it have been known that their plot was discovered, they would have entered upon new measures.

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