Acts 23:24

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

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In The King James Version

And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.

In Context

23Then 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,

25He also wrote a letter along these lines:

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Cross References

Esther 8:12throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus on that thirteenth day of the twelfth month (which is called Adar).

Luke 3:1In the fifteenth year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod ruler of Galilee, his brother Philip ruler of the territory comprising Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene,

Acts 23:26‘Claudius Lysias sends his compliments to His Excellency Felix the Governor.

Acts 24:10On a sign from the Governor, Paul made this reply: “Knowing, as I do, for how many years you have acted as judge to this nation, it is with confidence that I undertake my own defense.

Acts 25:14and, as they were staying there for several days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king. “There is a man here,” he said, “left a prisoner by Felix,

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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