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Acts 23:21-23
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Acts 23:21-23
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21 Don’t give in to them. More than 40 of them are waiting in hiding to attack him. They have promised that they will not eat or drink anything until they have killed him. They are ready now. All they need is for you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin.”
22 The commanding officer let the young man go. But he gave him a warning. “Don’t tell anyone you have reported this to me,” he said.
Paul Is Taken to Caesarea
23 Then the commanding officer called for two of his commanders. He ordered them, “Gather a company of 200 soldiers, 70 horsemen and 200 men armed with spears. Get them ready to go to Caesarea at nine o’clock tonight.
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Acts 23:21-23
New International Version
Acts 23:21-23
New International Version
21 Don’t give in to them, because more than forty(A) of them are waiting in ambush for him. They have taken an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him.(B) They are ready now, waiting for your consent to their request.”
22 The commander dismissed the young man with this warning: “Don’t tell anyone that you have reported this to me.”
Paul Transferred to Caesarea
23 Then he called two of his centurions and ordered them, “Get ready a detachment of two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen[a] to go to Caesarea(C) at nine tonight.(D)
Footnotes
- Acts 23:23 The meaning of the Greek for this word is uncertain.
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