Acts 23 · Verse 32

Acts 23:32

On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:

Acts 23:32, King James Version

Acts 23:32 in other translations

BSB	The next day they returned to the barracks and let the horsemen go on with him.
WEB	But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks.
ASV	But on the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
YLT	and on the morrow, having suffered the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the castle;
DARBY	and on the morrow, having left the horsemen to go with him, returned to the fortress.
BBE	But on the day after, they sent the horsemen on with him, and went back to their place:
Webster	On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:

What does Acts 23:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 23:31-32

31-32. brought him ... to Antipatris--nearly forty miles from Jerusalem, on the way to Cæsarea; so named by Herod in honor of his father, Antipater.

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 32. They left the horsemen. As they were then beyond the danger of the conspirators, the soldiers who had guarded them thus far returned to Jerusalem.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 32 On the morrow they left the horsemen - Being now so far from Jerusalem, they considered Paul in a state of safety from the Jews, and that the seventy horse would be a sufficient guard; the four hundred foot, therefore, returned to Jerusalem, and the horse went on to Caesarea with Paul. We need not suppose that all this troop did reach Antipatris on the same night in which they left Jerusalem; therefore, instead of, they brought him by night to Antipatris, we may understand the text thus - Then the soldiers took Paul by night, and brought him to Antipatris. And the thirty-second verse need not to be understood as if the foot reached the castle of Antonia the next day, (though all this was possible), but that, having reached Antipatris, and refreshed themselves, they set out the same day, on their march to Jerusalem; on the morrow they returned, that is, they began their march back again to the castle. See on Act 24:1 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 23:25-35

God has instruments for every work. The natural abilities and moral virtues of the heathens often have been employed to protect his persecuted servants. Even the men of the world can discern between the conscientious conduct of upright believers, and the zeal of false professors, though they disregard or understand not their doctrinal principles. All hearts are in God's hand, and those are blessed who put their…

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Acts 23:32 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

τῇtēaOn theG3588

δὲdenowG1161

ἐπαύριονepaurionnext dayG1887

ἐάσαντεςeasanteshaving allowedG1439

τοὺςtoustheG3588

ἱππεῖςhippeishorsemenG2460

ἀπέρχεσθαιaperchesthaito goG565

σὺνsunwithG4862

αὐτῷautōhimG846

ὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanthey returnedG5290

εἰςeistoG1519

τὴνtēntheG3588

παρεμβολήν·parembolēnbarracks;G3925

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 23:32

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 23:10
And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.

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Context

Acts 23:31
Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
Acts 23:32
On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
Acts 23:33
Who, when they came to Cesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.

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Acts 23:32 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y al día siguiente, dejando á los de á caballo que fuesen con él, se volvieron á la fortaleza.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et le lendemain, ayant laissé les cavaliers s’en aller avec lui, ils retournèrent à la forteresse.
German Elberfelder 1871	Des folgenden Tages aber ließen sie die Reiter mit fortziehen und kehrten nach dem Lager zurück.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et postera die dimissis equitibus ut cum eo irent, reversi sunt ad castra.