he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
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
Verse 35. In Herod's judgment hall. Greek, In the praetorium of Herod. The word here used denoted, formerly, the tent of the Roman praetor; and as that was the place where justice was administered, it came to be applied to halls, or courts of justice. This had been reared probably by Herod the Great as his palace, or as a place for administering justice.
I will hear thee--The word means, "give thee a full hearing." to be kept in Herod's judgment hall--"prÃ&brvbrtorium," the palace built at CÃ&brvbrsarea by Herod, and now occupied by the Roman procurators; in one of the buildings attached to which Paul was ordered to be kept. Next: Acts Chapter 24