Acts 23:23

and, call[ing]-toward-self some two of{the hundred-chiefs/centurions}, he-says, "Prepare two-hundred soldiers, which-how they-may-be-gone until of{Caesarea}, and seventy horsemen, and two-hundred right[hand]-takers[i.e. lanciers/spearmen] from of{[the] third hour} of{the night},

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

22So, by-contrast, the thousand-chief/chiliarch looses-off/away the young-man, message[ing]-aside, "To{no-one} to-speak-out that you-reveal-ize-in toward me the-same[neuter plural]"

24besides to-stand-aside animals in-which-place, step-ize[ing]-upon/mount[ing]-upon the Paul, they-should-save-through toward Felix, the governor,"

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Cross References

Luke 12:38and if-supposing he-may-come in to{the second custody[i.e. time period]}, and in to{the third custody[i.e. time period]} he-may-come and may-discover the-same-ly, blessed are-being the slaves, the-there-s.

Acts 23:31So, on-one-hand, the soldiers lead the Paul according-to the having-set-through to{same[plural]}, take[ing]-up through of{night} into the Antipatris.

Acts 24:7Moreover, Lysias, the thousand-chief/chiliarch, come[ing]-aside alongside of{much force}, leads-off/away out of{the hands} of{us},

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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