Acts 23:23-35
New American Standard Bible 1995
Paul Moved to Caesarea
23 And he called to him two of the centurions and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready by [a]the third hour of the night to proceed to (A)Caesarea, [b]with seventy horsemen and two hundred [c]spearmen.” 24 They were also to provide mounts to put Paul on and bring him safely to (B)Felix the governor. 25 And he wrote a letter having this form:
26 “Claudius Lysias, to the (C)most excellent governor Felix, (D)greetings.
27 “When this man was arrested by the Jews and was about to be slain by them, (E)I came up to them with the troops and rescued him, (F)having learned that he was a Roman. 28 “And (G)wanting to ascertain the charge for which they were accusing him, I (H)brought him down to their [d](I)Council; 29 and I found him to be accused over (J)questions about their Law, but [e]under (K)no accusation deserving death or [f]imprisonment.
30 “When I was (L)informed that there would be (M)a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, also instructing (N)his accusers to [g]bring charges against him before you.”
31 So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. 32 But the next day, leaving (O)the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to (P)the barracks. 33 When these had come to (Q)Caesarea and delivered the letter to (R)the governor, they also presented Paul to him. 34 When he had read it, he asked from what (S)province he was, and when he learned that (T)he was from Cilicia, 35 he said, “I will give you a hearing after your (U)accusers arrive also,” giving orders for him to be (V)kept in Herod’s [h]Praetorium.
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- Acts 23:23 I.e. 9 p.m.
- Acts 23:23 Lit and
- Acts 23:23 Or slingers or bowmen
- Acts 23:28 Or Sanhedrin
- Acts 23:29 Lit having
- Acts 23:29 Lit bonds
- Acts 23:30 Lit speak against him
- Acts 23:35 I.e. governor’s official residence
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