Acts 23:22
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.
Acts 23:22 in other translations
| BSB | So the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him, “Do not tell anyone that you have reported this to me.” |
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| WEB | So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.” |
| ASV | So the chief captain let the young man go, charging him, Tell no man that thou hast signified these things to me. |
| YLT | 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;' |
| DARBY | The chiliarch then dismissed the youth, commanding him, Utter to no one that thou hast represented these things to me. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Acts 23:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 23:16-22
16-22. 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.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 23:12-24
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…
Acts 23:22 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 23:22
- Joshua 2:14
And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
- Mark 1:44
And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
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Context
- Acts 23:21
But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
- Acts 23:22
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.
- Acts 23:23
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
Acts 23:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces el tribuno despidió al mancebo, mandándole que á nadie dijese que le había dado aviso de esto. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le chiliarque donc renvoya le jeune homme, lui ayant enjoint de ne divulguer à personne qu’il lui avait déclaré ces choses. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Der Oberste nun entließ den Jüngling und befahl ihm: Sage niemandem, daß du mir dies angezeigt hast. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tribunus igitur dimisit adolescentem, præcipiens ne cui loqueretur quoniam hæc nota sibi fecisset. |