Acts 23:31

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So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

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  • Luke 7:8 : 8 'For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to one, "Go," and he goes; and to another, "Come," and he comes; and to my servant, "Do this," and he does it.'
  • Acts 23:23-24 : 23 Then he called two of the centurions and said, 'Get two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea, along with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, by nine o’clock tonight.' 24 Also provide mounts for Paul to ride so that he may be taken safely to Felix, the governor.
  • 2 Tim 2:3-4 : 3 Endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the affairs of civilian life; instead, they strive to please the one who enlisted them.

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  • Acts 23:32-33
    2 verses
    85%

    32 The next day, they allowed the horsemen to proceed with him, while they returned to the barracks.

    33 When they arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him.

  • Acts 23:30
    81%

    30 When I was informed of a plot against the man, I sent him to you immediately and also instructed his accusers to state their case against him before you. Farewell.

  • Acts 23:22-25
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    79%

    22 So the commander dismissed the young man and ordered him, 'Don’t tell anyone that you have informed me about this.'

    23 Then he called two of the centurions and said, 'Get two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea, along with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, by nine o’clock tonight.'

    24 Also provide mounts for Paul to ride so that he may be taken safely to Felix, the governor.

    25 He wrote a letter containing the following:

  • Acts 23:10-12
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    78%

    10 When the dissension became violent, the commander, fearing that Paul might be torn apart by them, ordered the troops to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him into the barracks.

    11 The following night the Lord stood by Paul and said, 'Take courage! For as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.'

    12 When daylight came, some of the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse, declaring that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

  • Acts 21:29-34
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    76%

    29 They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with Paul in the city and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

    30 The whole city was stirred up, and there was a commotion. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.

    31 While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in uproar.

    32 At once, he took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

    33 The commander came up, arrested Paul, ordered him to be bound with two chains, and asked who he was and what he had done.

    34 Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another. Because the commander could not get at the truth due to the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.

  • Acts 28:16-17
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    76%

    16 When we came to Rome, the centurion handed over the prisoners to the commander of the guard, but Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.

    17 After three days, Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, 'Brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.'

  • Acts 23:15-20
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    75%

    15 Now then, you and the council should notify the commander to bring Paul down to you, as though you are going to investigate his case more thoroughly. We are ready to kill him before he gets here.

    16 But the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, so he went to the barracks and reported it to Paul.

    17 Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, 'Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to report to him.'

    18 So the centurion took him, led him to the commander, and said, 'The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.'

    19 The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked him privately, 'What is it you have to tell me?'

    20 He said, 'The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they are going to inquire more thoroughly about him.'

  • Acts 22:29-30
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    74%

    29 Immediately, those who were about to interrogate him stepped away. The commander was also afraid, realizing that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him.

    30 The next day, wanting to know for certain why Paul was being accused by the Jews, the commander released him and ordered the chief priests and the entire council to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

  • Acts 25:23
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    23 So the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience hall with the military officers and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

  • Acts 24:23
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    23 He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard but to give him some freedom and not to prevent his friends from attending to his needs.

  • Acts 23:27-28
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    27 This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them. I came with the troops and rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman citizen.

    28 Wanting to know the exact charge they were bringing against him, I brought him down to their council.

  • Acts 22:24
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    24 the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks and directed that he be interrogated under flogging to understand the reason they were shouting against him like this.

  • Acts 27:1
    72%

    1 When it was decided that we should sail to Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, of the Imperial Regiment.

  • Acts 25:6
    72%

    6 After spending more than ten days among them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day, he took his seat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought in.

  • Acts 25:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14 While they were spending many days there, Festus presented Paul’s case to the king, saying, 'There is a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix.'

    15 When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, requesting a judgment against him.

  • Acts 25:2-4
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    71%

    2 The chief priest and the leaders of the Jews brought charges against Paul and were urging Festus.

    3 They asked him as a favor to transfer Paul to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.

    4 But Festus replied that Paul was being held in custody in Caesarea, and he himself intended to go there shortly.

  • Acts 24:7
    71%

    7 But Lysias, the commander, came and intervened with great force, taking him out of our hands.

  • Acts 17:15
    71%

    15 Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible, they departed.

  • Acts 25:17
    71%

    17 When they came here, I did not delay, but the next day took my seat at the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in.

  • Acts 16:35
    70%

    35 When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: 'Release those men.'

  • Acts 26:30
    70%

    30 The king, the governor, Bernice, and those sitting with them got up and left.

  • Acts 25:21
    70%

    21 But when Paul appealed to be held for the Emperor’s decision, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I could send him to Caesar.

  • Acts 16:38
    70%

    38 The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were afraid.

  • Acts 22:26
    69%

    26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it, saying, 'What are you about to do? This man is a Roman citizen.'

  • Acts 16:24
    69%

    24 Upon receiving this order, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

  • 2 Cor 11:32
    69%

    32 In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded to arrest me,

  • Mark 15:16
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    16 The soldiers led Him away into the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters), and they called together the whole company of soldiers.

  • Acts 12:4
    69%

    4 After arresting him, he placed him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of soldiers, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.