Herod was then making warlike preparations against the Tyrians, and Sidonians: but they unanimously sent a deputation to court: where having gain'd Blastus the king's chamberlain, they brought matters to an accommodation: for their country was subsisted by the king's territorys.

Paul's sister's son hearing of the ambuscade, went to the castle, and being admitted, told Paul;

however, the centurion minded the pilot and the ship's owner more than he did Paul's prediction.