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Acts 23:22

20 He answered, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of acquiring more information about him.

21 Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”

So the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him, “Do not tell anyone that you have reported this to me.”

23 Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.

24 Provide mounts for Paul to take him safely to Governor Felix.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him, “Do not tell anyone that you have reported this to me.”
KJV
So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.
WEB
So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.”
ASV
So the chief captain let the young man go, charging him, Tell no man that thou hast signified these things to me.
DARBY
The chiliarch then dismissed the youth, commanding [him], Utter to no one that thou hast represented these things to me.
BLB
Therefore indeed the commander dismissed the young man, having instructed [him], “Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”
ÅB
Den øverste høvedsmann lot da den unge mann gå og befalte ham: Du må ikke si til noen at du har latt meg få vite dette.
OTB
Kommandanten avskjediget den unge mannen med denne instruksen: «Ikke fortell noen at du har rapportert dette til meg.»
B1930
Den øverste høvedsmann lot da den unge mann gå og bød ham: Du må ikke si til nogen at du har latt mig få vite dette.

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Cross references

  • Joshua 2:14

    “Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”

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  • Mark 1:44

    “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

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