Acts 23:13-17
13 Now there were more than forty who had formed this conspiracy. 14 They came to the chief priests and elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul. 15 Now you, therefore, together with the council, suggest to the commander that he be brought down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to make further inquiries concerning him; but we are ready to kill him before he comes near.” 16 So when Paul's sister's son heard of their ambush, he went and entered the barracks and told Paul. 17 Then Paul called one of the centurions to him and said, “Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to tell him.”
Those committed to ambush and murder Paul talked the Jewish council into calling the Roman commander to bring Paul to them to end him and the words of life they so opposed. But God put Paul’s nephew there to overhear and warn Paul, who then sent him with a centurion to tell the commander of the plot and how they were to involve the Romans. The enemy will use all means to stop the gospel, but God never steps down from sovereignty to abide anything against His plan and people.
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