Acts 23:34

And when he had read it, and had asked of what province he was, and understood that he was of Cilicia;

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;

In Context

33Who, when they were come to Caesarea, and had delivered the letter to the governor, did also present Paul before him.

35I will hear thee, said he, when thy accusers come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.

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Cross References

Esther 8:9Then the king's scribes and secretaries were called for (now it was the time of the third month which is called Siban) the three and twentieth day of the month, and letters were written, as Mardochai had a mind, to the Jews, and to the governors, and to the deputies, and to the judges, who were rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia: to province and province, to people and people, according to their languages and characters, and to the Jews, according as they could read and hear.

Daniel 6:1It seemed good to Darius, and he appointed over the kingdom a hundred and twenty governors to be over his whole kingdom.

Acts 6:9Now there arose some of that which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them that were of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.

Acts 21:39But Paul said to him: I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city. And I beseech thee, suffer me to speak to the people.

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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