Acts 23:23-24 And [the chief captain] called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; and provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
The transfer of Paul from Jerusalem to Caesarea:
- demonstrates a standard style of letter from a captain of troops writing to a provincial governor
- reminds us how often (in the case of God’s people) that deliverance comes at the last moment, when the opposition is all prepared (Jamieson-Fausset-Brown)
- witnesses that God has instruments for every work (Matthew Henry)
- models God’s ability to use the military might of an empire to protect his gospel messengers (Ken Baker)
- accentuates that the Lord readily disappoints the best concerted schemes of iniquity (Matthew Henry)
- stands as Paul’s final departure from the city of Jerusalem
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