Acts 23:24

and provide mounts for Paul to ride ¹  so that he may be brought safely to Felix ²  the governor.” ³ 

Ne 2:12; Es 8:12; Mt 27:2; Lu 3:1; Lu 10:34; Ac 23:26,33-35; Ac 24:3,10,22-27; Ac 25:14

¹ tn Grk “provide mounts to put Paul on.”

sn Mounts for Paul to ride. The fact they were riding horses indicates they wanted everyone to move as quickly as possible.

² sn Felix the governor was Antonius Felix, a freedman of Antonia, mother of the Emperor Claudius. He was the brother of Pallas and became procurator of Palestine in a.d. 52/53. His administration was notorious for its corruption, cynicism, and cruelty. According to the historian Tacitus (History 5.9) Felix “reveled in cruelty and lust, and wielded the power of a king with the mind of a slave.”

³ tn Grk “Felix the procurator.” The official Roman title has been translated as “governor” (BDAG 433 s.v. ἡγεμών 2).