Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Acts 23:22

20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.

21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

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.

23 And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;

24 And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.

Read the whole chapter

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.

Compare

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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Joshua 2:14

    And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

    Read in context

  • Mark 1:44

    And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

    Read in context