Acts 23:24
And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
KJV
κτήνη τε παραστῆσαι ἵνα ἐπιβιβάσαντες τὸν Παῦλον διασώσωσι πρὸς Φήλικα τὸν ἡγεμόνα,
Greek NT
et jumenta præparate ut imponentes Paulum, salvum perducerent ad Felicem præsidem.
Vulgate
and he bade them provide beasts, that they might set Paul thereon, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
ASV
And provide beasts, that they may set Paul on and bring him safe to Felix the governor.
Douay-Rheims
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In this verse
In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
Φῆλιξ
phelix
noun · 9×
διασώζω
diasozo
verb · 8×
κτῆνος
ktenos
noun · 4×
παρίστημι
paristemi
verb · 41×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
ἐπιβιβάζω
epibibazo
verb · 3×
ἡγεμών
egemon
noun · 20×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers the period from Herod's death through the outbreak of the revolt in AD 66. Includes the census of Quirinius, Pilate's provocations, the rule of the procurators Felix and Festus (before whom Paul appeared), Agrippa II, and the growing revolutionary movement. Provides essential political context for the entire apostolic period.
Cross-references
- Acts 23:26 — Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.
- Acts 23:33 — Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
- Acts 24:1 — And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
- Acts 24:10 — Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
- Acts 25:14 — And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul’s cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix: