Acts 23:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And get beasts so that they may put Paul on them, and take him safely to Felix, the ruler.

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  • Acts 23:26 : 26 Claudius Lysias, to the most noble ruler, Felix, peace be with you.
  • Acts 24:10 : 10 Then when the ruler had given him a sign to make his answer, Paul said, Because I have knowledge that you have been a judge over this nation for a number of years, I am glad to make my answer:
  • Acts 25:14 : 14 And as they were there for some days, Festus gave them Paul's story, saying, There is a certain man here who was put in prison by Felix:
  • Acts 23:33-24:3 : 33 And they, when they came to Caesarea, gave the letter to the ruler, and took Paul before him. 34 And after reading it, he said, What part of the country do you come from? And, hearing that he was from Cilicia, 35 I will give hearing to your cause, he said, when those who are against you have come. And he gave orders for him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium. 1 And after five days, the high priest, Ananias, came with certain of the rulers, and an expert talker, one Tertullus; and they made a statement to Felix against Paul. 2 And when he had been sent for, Tertullus, starting his statement, said, Because by you we are living in peace, and through your wisdom wrongs are put right for this nation, 3 In all things and in all places we are conscious of our great debt to you, most noble Felix.
  • Acts 24:22-27 : 22 But Felix, who had a more detailed knowledge of the Way, put them off, saying, When Lysias, the chief captain, comes down, I will give attention to your business. 23 And he gave orders to the captain to keep Paul under his control, and to let him have everything he had need of; and not to keep his friends from coming to see him. 24 But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was of the Jews by birth, and sent for Paul, and gave hearing to him about faith in Christ Jesus. 25 And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you. 26 For he was hoping that Paul would give him money: so he sent for him more frequently and had talk with him. 27 But after two years Porcius Festus took the place of Felix, who, desiring to have the approval of the Jews, kept Paul in chains.
  • Neh 2:12 : 12 And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: and I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated.
  • Esth 8:12 : 12 On one day in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, that is, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.
  • Matt 27:2 : 2 And they put cords on him and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate, the ruler.
  • Luke 3:1 : 1 Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother Philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene,
  • Luke 10:34 : 34 And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him.

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  • Acts 23:17-23
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    17And Paul sent for a captain and said, Take this young man to your chief, for he has news for him.

    18So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you.

    19And the chief took him by the hand and, going on one side, said to him privately, What is it you have to say to me?

    20And he said, The Jews are in agreement together to make a request to you for Paul to be taken, on the day after this, into the Sanhedrin, to be questioned in greater detail.

    21But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order.

    22So the chief captain let the young man go, saying to him, Do not say to anyone that you have given me word of these things.

    23And he sent for two captains and said, Make ready two hundred men, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, to go to Caesarea, at the third hour of the night:

  • Acts 23:25-27
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    25And he sent a letter in these words:

    26Claudius Lysias, to the most noble ruler, Felix, peace be with you.

    27This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be put to death by them, when I came on them with the army and took him out of danger, having knowledge that he was a Roman.

  • Acts 24:22-27
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    22But Felix, who had a more detailed knowledge of the Way, put them off, saying, When Lysias, the chief captain, comes down, I will give attention to your business.

    23And he gave orders to the captain to keep Paul under his control, and to let him have everything he had need of; and not to keep his friends from coming to see him.

    24But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was of the Jews by birth, and sent for Paul, and gave hearing to him about faith in Christ Jesus.

    25And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.

    26For he was hoping that Paul would give him money: so he sent for him more frequently and had talk with him.

    27But after two years Porcius Festus took the place of Felix, who, desiring to have the approval of the Jews, kept Paul in chains.

  • Acts 23:30-34
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    30And when news was given to me that a secret design was being made against the man, I sent him straight away to you, giving orders to those who are against him to make their statements before you.

    31So the armed men, as they were ordered, took Paul and came by night to Antipatris.

    32But on the day after, they sent the horsemen on with him, and went back to their place:

    33And they, when they came to Caesarea, gave the letter to the ruler, and took Paul before him.

    34And after reading it, he said, What part of the country do you come from? And, hearing that he was from Cilicia,

  • Acts 23:10-11
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    10And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.

    11And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.

  • Acts 23:15
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    15So now, will you and the Sanhedrin make a request to the military authorities to have him sent down to you, as if you were desiring to go into the business in greater detail; and we, before ever he gets to you, will be waiting to put him to death.

  • Acts 25:2-6
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    2And the chief priests and the chief men of the Jews made statements against Paul,

    3Requesting Festus to give effect to their design against him, and send him to Jerusalem, when they would be waiting to put him to death on the way.

    4But Festus, in answer, said that Paul was being kept in prison at Caesarea, and that in a short time he himself was going there.

    5So, he said, let those who have authority among you go with me, and if there is any wrong in the man, let them make a statement against him.

    6And when he had been with them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the day after, he took his place on the judge's seat, and sent for Paul.

  • Acts 27:1
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    1And when the decision had been made that we were to go by sea to Italy, they gave Paul and certain other prisoners into the care of a captain named Julius, of the Augustan band.

  • Acts 22:30
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    30But on the day after, desiring to have certain knowledge of what the Jews had to say against him, he made him free, and gave orders for the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and he took Paul and put him before them.

  • Acts 25:23
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    23So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for.

  • Acts 25:14-15
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    71%

    14And as they were there for some days, Festus gave them Paul's story, saying, There is a certain man here who was put in prison by Felix:

    15Against whom the chief priests and the rulers of the Jews made a statement when I was at Jerusalem, requesting me to give a decision against him.

  • Acts 27:24
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    24Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.

  • Acts 24:2
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    2And when he had been sent for, Tertullus, starting his statement, said, Because by you we are living in peace, and through your wisdom wrongs are put right for this nation,

  • Acts 22:24
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    24The chief captain gave orders for him to be taken into the army building, saying that he would put him to the test by whipping, so that he might have knowledge of the reason why they were crying out so violently against him.

  • Acts 21:31-33
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    31And while they were attempting to put him to death, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was out of control.

    32And straight away he took some armed men and went quickly down to them: and the Jews, seeing them, gave no more blows to Paul.

    33Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done.

  • Acts 25:21
    69%

    21But when Paul made a request that he might be judged by Caesar, I gave orders for him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

  • Acts 27:43
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    43But the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land:

  • Acts 28:16
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    16And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.

  • Acts 25:9
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    9But Festus, desiring to get the approval of the Jews, said to Paul, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and be judged before me there in connection with these things?

  • Acts 25:17
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    17So, when they had come together here, straight away, on the day after, I took my place on the judge's seat and sent for the man.

  • Acts 26:30
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    30And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up;

  • Acts 27:3
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    3And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.

  • Acts 24:7
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  • Matt 27:2
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    2And they put cords on him and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate, the ruler.

  • Acts 16:23
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    23And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely: