Acts 23:23

And he called two of the centurions to him, and said, Get ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, by the third hour of the night.

1770 John Worsley NT

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

22Then the tribune dismissed the young man, charging him, Tell no one that thou hast discovered these things to me.

24And provide beasts, that they may set Paul on and bring him safe to Felix the governor.

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Cross References

Luke 12:38And if he come in the second watch, or in the third watch, and find them so, happy indeed are those servants.

Acts 23:31The soldiers therefore, according to the orders given them, took up Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.

Acts 24:7But Lysias the tribune came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands, commanding his accusers to come unto thee:

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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