John Bengel Commentary - Acts 16:23 - 16:23

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John Bengel Commentary - Acts 16:23 - 16:23


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Act 16:23. Ἐπιθέντες, when they had laid upon them) They do not immediately say that they are Romans; or else in the tumult they were not heard. We are not always to use all helps (safeguards against ill-treatment) in every way: we must give ear to the Divine direction.-παραγγείλαντες, having charged) More for the sake of appeasing the crowd, as it seems probable, than that they thought Paul and Silas guilty: Act 16:35.