Acts 23:23

Then he called two Captains, and ordered them to have two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea, as well as seventy troopers and two hundred lancers, by nine o’clock that night,

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And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;

In Context

22The commanding officer then dismissed the young man, cautioning him not to mention to anybody that he had given him that information.

24and to have horses ready for Paul to ride, so that they might take him safely to Felix, the Governor.

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Cross References

Luke 12:38Whether it is late at night, or in the early morning that he comes, if he finds all as it should be, then happy are they.

Acts 23:31The soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took charge of Paul and conducted him by night to Antipatris;

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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