Acts 23:23

He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, "Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night."

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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 the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, "Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me."

24He asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.

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Cross References

Luke 12:38They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.

Acts 23:31So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought 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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