Provide mounts for Paul to take him safely to Governor Felix.”
We have here the story of a plot against the life of Paul; how it was laid, how it was discovered, and how it was defeated. I. How this plot was laid. They found they could gain nothing by popular tumult, or legal process, and therefore have a recourse to the barbarous method of assassination; they will come upon him suddenly, and stab him, if...
Commenting on Acts 23:12-35
And he wrote a letter after this manner. The chief captain wrote a letter to Felix the governor, the form and sum of which were as follow; this letter he sent by one of the centurions to him. And he wrote a letter after this manner.
Verse 24. And provide them beasts. One for Paul, and one for each of his attendants. The word translated beasts--κτηνη of a general character, and may be applied either to horses, to camels, or to asses. The latter were most commonly employed in Judea. Unto Felix the governor. The governor of Judea. His place of residence was Caesarea, about sixty miles from Jerusalem. .