Acts 23:19

And the chiliarch having taken him by the hand, and having gone apart in private, inquired, What is it that thou hast to report to me?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?

In Context

18He therefore, having taken him with [him], led him to the chiliarch, and says, The prisoner Paul called me to [him] and asked me to lead this youth to thee, who has something to say to thee.

20And he said, The Jews have agreed together to make a request to thee, that thou mayest bring Paul down to-morrow into the council, as about to inquire something more precise concerning him.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 2:4And the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of the heavens.

Esther 7:2And the king said again to Esther on the second day, at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be done.

Jeremiah 31:32not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day of my taking them by the hand, to lead them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.

Mark 9:27But Jesus, having taken hold of him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.

Matthew Henry on Acts 23:13-35

A Conspiracy against Paul; Paul Sent to Felix. 12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. 14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. 15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring… Read the whole commentary →

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