Acts 23:25

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.”

And he wrote the following letter:

26 Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.

27 This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,

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
And he wrote the following letter:
KJV
And he wrote a letter after this manner:
WEB
He wrote a letter like this:
ASV
And he wrote a letter after this form:
DARBY
having written a letter, couched in this form:
BLB
having written a letter having this form:
ÅB
Og han skrev et brev med dette innhold:
OTB
Han skrev et brev med følgende innhold:
B1930
Og han skrev et brev med dette innhold:

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study