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Act 23:11. Τῇ δὲ ἐπιούσῃ νυκτὶ, but on the following night) When dangers have come to their height, then especially does the Lord disclose Himself with His consolation. The Divine promises were given, as to the people in the Old Testament, so to the saints individually, at that time especially when all things might seem to them desperate: comp. Act 23:16, ch. Act 27:23; 2Ti 4:17.-ὁ Κύριος) the Lord, Jesus. What Paul in the spirit had proposed to himself, ch. Act 19:21, the Lord establishes (confirm), now when it was the mature (ripe) time. A third declaration is added by the angel of GOD: ch. Act 27:23-24. Accordingly from this chapter 23, the main subject of this book is the apostolical testimony accomplished by Paul at Rome: 2Ti 4:17. But if the defenders of Peter’s supremacy had found either the whole or only the half of this ascribed to Peter, how they would urge it!-διεμαρτύρω, thou hast testified) especially during the immediately preceding days.-Ἱερουσαλὴμ, Ῥώμην, in Jerusalem, at Rome) The two metropolitan cities of the world.-δεῖ, thou must) Danger in the eyes of God is a mere nothing. The very hindrances prove advantages.-καὶ, also) To him who hath it shall be given.-εἰς Ῥώμην, at Rome) The promise, reaching to a distance, embraced all the nearer and intermediate times. Paul shall bear witness at Rome: therefore he shall come to Rome: therefore he shall escape the plots of the Jews, and the dangers of the sea, and injury from the viper.