Acts 23:19

The chief captain took him by the hand to a private place and asked him, “What is it that you have to tell me?”

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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

18So the centurion took the young man and brought him to the chief captain and said, “Paul the prisoner called me to him, and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to say to you.”

20The young man said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring down Paul tomorrow to the council, as if they were going to ask more precisely about his case.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 2:4Then the king said to me, “What do you want me to do?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Esther 7:2On this second day, while they were serving wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It will be granted to you. What is your request? Up to half of the kingdom, and it will be granted.”

Jeremiah 31:32It will not be like the covenant 2 that I established with their fathers in the days 1 when I took them by their hand 2 to bring them out from the land of Egypt, 1 because they broke my covenant, 2 although I was a husband for them. 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

Mark 9:27But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and the boy stood up.

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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