Acts 23:19

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then the chiefe captaine tooke him by the hande, and went apart with him alone, and asked him, What hast thou to shewe me?

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  • Neh 2:4 : 4 And the King said vnto me, For what thing doest thou require? Then I prayed to the God of heauen,
  • Esth 5:3 : 3 Then saide the King vnto her, What wilt thou, Queene Ester? & what is thy request? it shal be euen giuen thee to the halfe of ye kingdome.
  • Esth 7:2 : 2 And the King said againe vnto Ester on the second day at the banket of wine, What is thy petition, Queene Ester, that it may be giue thee? and what is thy request? It shalbe euen perfourmed vnto the halfe of the kingdome.
  • Esth 9:12 : 12 And the King sayd vnto the Queene Ester, The Iewes haue slayne in Shushan the palace and destroyed fiue hundreth men, & the ten sonnes of Haman: what haue they done in the rest of the Kings prouinces? and what is thy petition, that it may be giuen thee? or what is thy request moreouer, that it may be performed?
  • Jer 31:32 : 32 Not according to ye couenant that I made with their fathers, when I tooke them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, the which my couenant they brake, although I was an husband vnto them, saith the Lord.
  • Mark 8:23 : 23 Then he tooke the blinde by the hand, and ledde him out of the towne, and spat in his eyes, and put his handes vpon him, and asked him, if he sawe ought.
  • Mark 9:27 : 27 But Iesus tooke his hande, and lift him vp, and he arose.
  • Mark 10:51 : 51 And Iesus answered, & said vnto him, What wilt thou that I doe vnto thee? And the blinde sayd vnto him, Lorde, that I may receiue sight.

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  • Acts 23:15-18
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    15Nowe therefore, ye and the Council signifie to the chiefe captaine, that hee bring him foorth vnto you to morow: as though you would know some thing more perfectly of him, and we, or euer he come neere, will be readie to kill him.

    16But when Pauls sisters sonne heard of their laying awaite, he went, and entred into the castel, and tolde Paul.

    17And Paul called one of the Centurions vnto him, and said, Take this yong man hence vnto the chiefe captaine: for he hath a certaine thing to shewe him.

    18So hee tooke him, and brought him to the chiefe captaine, and saide, Paul the prisoner called mee vnto him, and prayed mee to bring this yong man vnto thee, which hath some thing to say vnto thee.

  • Acts 23:20-23
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    20And he saide, The Iewes haue conspired to desire thee, that thou wouldest bring foorth Paul to morow into the Council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly:

    21But let them not perswade thee: for there lie in waite for him of them, more then fourtie men, which haue bound themselues with a curse, that they will neither eate nor drinke, till they haue killed him: and nowe are they readie, and waite for thy promes.

    22The chiefe captaine then let the yong man depart, after hee had charged him to vtter it to no man, that he had shewed him these things.

    23And he called vnto him two certaine Centurions, saying, Make readie two hundred souldiers, that they may go to Cæsarea, and horsemen three score and ten, and two hundred with dartes, at the thirde houre of the night.

  • Acts 21:31-34
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    31But as they went about to kill him, tydings came vnto the chiefe captaine of the band, that all Hierusalem was on an vproare.

    32Who immediately tooke souldiers & Centurions, and ran downe vnto them: and when they sawe the chiefe Captaine and the souldiers, they left beating of Paul.

    33Then the chiefe Captaine came neere and tooke him, and commaunded him to be bound with two chaines, and demaunded who he was, and what he had done.

    34And one cryed this, another that, among the people. So when he could not know the certeintie for the tumult, he commaunded him to be led into the castell.

  • Acts 22:24-27
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    24The chiefe captaine commanded him to be led into the castle, and bade that he should be scourged, and examined, that he might knowe wherefore they cryed so on him.

    25And as they bound him with thongs, Paul sayd vnto the Centurion that stood by, Is it lawfull for you to scourge one that is a Romane, and not condemned?

    26Nowe when the Centurion heard it, hee went, and tolde the chiefe captaine, saying, Take heede what thou doest: for this man is a Romane.

    27Then the chiefe captaine came, and sayd to him, Tel me, art thou a Romane? And he said, Yea.

  • Acts 21:37
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    37And as Paul should haue bene led into the castell, he sayd vnto the chiefe Captaine, May I speake vnto thee? Who sayd, Canst thou speake Greeke?

  • Acts 24:7-8
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    7But the chiefe captaine Lysias came vpon vs, and with great violence tooke him out of our handes,

    8Commanding his accusers to come to thee: of whom thou mayest (if thou wilt inquire) know all these things whereof we accuse him.

  • Acts 22:29-30
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    29Then straightway they departed from him, which should haue examined him: and the chiefe captaine also was afrayd, after he knewe that hee was a Romane, and that he had bound him.

    30On the next day, because hee would haue knowen the certaintie wherefore he was accused of the Iewes, he loosed him from his bonds, and commaunded the hie Priests and all their Councill to come together: and he brought Paul, and set him before them.

  • Acts 23:10-11
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    10And when there was a great dissension, the chiefe captaine, fearing lest Paul should haue bene pulled in pieces of them, commaunded the souldiers to go downe, and take him from among them, and to bring him into the castel.

    11Nowe the night folowing, the Lord stoode by him, and saide, Be of good courage, Paul: for as thou hast testified of mee in Hierusalem, so must thou beare witnesse also at Rome.

  • Acts 23:27-31
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    27As this man was taken of the Iewes, and shoulde haue bene killed of them, I came vpon them with the garison, and rescued him, perceiuing that he was a Romane.

    28And when I would haue knowen the cause, wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their Council.

    29There I perceiued that hee was accused of questions of their Lawe, but had no crime worthy of death, or of bondes.

    30And when it was shewed me, how that the Iewes layd waite for the man, I sent him straightway to thee, and commaunded his accusers to speake before thee the thinges that they had against him. Farewell.

    31Then the souldiers as it was commaunded them, tooke Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.

  • Acts 25:15
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    15Of whom when I came to Hierusalem, the high Priestes and Elders of the Iewes informed me, and desired to haue iudgement against him.

  • Acts 28:16-17
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    16So when we came to Rome, the Centurion deliuered the prisoners to the generall Captaine: but Paul was suffered to dwell by him selfe with a souldier that kept him.

    17And the third day after, Paul called the chiefe of the Iewes together: and when they were come, he said vnto them, Men and brethren, though I haue committed nothing against the people, or Lawes of the fathers, yet was I deliuered prisoner from Hierusalem into the handes of the Romanes.

  • Acts 25:2
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    2Then the high Priest, and the chiefe of the Iewes appeared before him against Paul: and they besought him,

  • Acts 24:22-23
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    22Nowe when Felix heard these things, he deferred them, and said, When I shall more perfectly know the things which concerne this way, by the comming of Lysias the chiefe Captaine, I will decise your matter.

    23Then hee commaunded a Centurion to keepe Paul, and that he should haue ease, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister vnto him, or to come vnto him.

  • Acts 17:19
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    19And they tooke him, and brought him into Mars streete, saying, May we not know, what this newe doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?

  • Acts 25:20-21
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    20And because I doubted of such maner of question, I asked him whether he would goe to Hierusalem, and there be iudged of these things.

    21But because he appealed to be reserued to the examination of Augustus, I commaunded him to be kept, till I mght send him to Cesar.

  • Acts 25:23
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    23And on the morowe when Agrippa was come and Bernice with great pompe, and were entred into the Common hall with the chiefe captaines and chiefe men of the citie, at Festus commandement Paul was brought forth.

  • Acts 21:40
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    40And when he had giuen him licence, Paul stoode on the grieces, & beckened with the hand vnto the people: and when there was made great silence, hee spake vnto them in the Hebrewe tongue, saying,

  • Acts 23:33-34
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    33Now when they came to Cæsarea, they deliuered the epistle to the Gouernour, and presented Paul also vnto him.

    34So when the Gouernour had read it, hee asked of what prouince he was: and when he vnderstoode that he was of Cilicia,

  • Acts 25:6
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    6Now when he had taried among them no more then ten dayes, hee went downe to Cæsarea, and the next day sate in the iudgement seat, and commaunded Paul to be brought.

  • Acts 25:17
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    17Therefore when they were come hither, without delay the day following I sate on the iudgement seate, and commaunded the man to be brought foorth.

  • Acts 26:30-31
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    30And when he had thus spoken, the King rose vp, and the gouernour, and Bernice, and they that sate with them.

    31And when they were gone apart, they talked betweene themselues, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death, nor of bonds.

  • Acts 16:36-37
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    36Then the keeper of the prison tolde these woordes vnto Paul, saying, The gouerness haue sent to loose you: nowe therefore get you hence, and goe in peace.

    37Then sayde Paul vnto them, After that they haue beaten vs openly vncodemned, which are Romanes, they haue cast vs into prison, and nowe would they put vs out priuily? nay verely: but let them come and bring vs out.

  • Acts 21:19
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    19And when he had embraced them, hee tolde by order all things, that God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministration.

  • Acts 19:31
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    31Certaine also of the chiefe of Asia which were his friendes, sent vnto him, desiring him that hee woulde not present him selfe in the Common place.

  • Acts 21:29
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    29For they had seene before Trophimus an Ephesian with him in the citie, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the Temple.