Robertson Word Pictures - Acts 28:17 - 28:17

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Robertson Word Pictures - Acts 28:17 - 28:17


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Those that were the chief of the Jews (tous ontas tōn Ioudaiōn prōtous). This use of prōtos for the leading men of a city or among the Jews we have already had in Act 13:50; Act 25:2; Luk 19:47. Literally, “Those that were first among the Jews.” The position of the participle ontas between the article and the adjective prōtous is regular (Robertson, Grammar, p. 777).

When they were come together (sunelthontōn autōn). Genitive absolute again. Paul could not go to the synagogue, as his custom was, being a bound prisoner. So he invited the Jewish leaders to come to his lodging and hear his explanation of his presence in Rome as a prisoner with an appeal to Caesar. He is anxious that they may understand that this appeal was forced upon him by Festus following Felix and lot because he has come to make an attack on the Jewish people. He was sure that false reports had come to Rome. These non-Christian Jews accepted Paul’s invitation.

Nothing against (ouden enantion). Adjective here as in Act 26:9, not preposition as in Act 7:10; Act 8:32. From en and antios (anti), face to face. Concessive participle poiēsas as in Act 28:4(diasōthenta) which see.

Yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans (desmios ex Ierosolumōn paredothēn eis tas cheiras tōn Romaiōn). This condensed statement does not explain how he “was delivered,” for in fact the Jews were trying to kill him when Lysias rescued him from the mob (Act 22:27 -36). The Jews were responsible for his being in the hands of the Romans, though they had hoped to kill him first.