Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
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Interpretation
God has instruments for every work. The natural abilities and moral virtues of the heathens often have been employed to protect his persecuted servants.
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This thought runs through Acts 23:27-31.
Glossary
- Aphek Place
- A city built by Herod the Great, and called by this name in honour of his father, Antipater. It lay between Caesarea and Lydda, two miles inland, on the great Roman road from Caesarea to Jerusalem. Modern identification: Tell Ras el Ain.