Acts 23:32
30 When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.
31 So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.
The next day they returned to the barracks and let the horsemen go on with him.
33 When the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.
34 The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,
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- BSB
- The next day they returned to the barracks and let the horsemen go on with him.
- KJV
- On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
- WEB
- But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks.
- ASV
- But on the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
- DARBY
- and on the morrow, having left the horsemen to go with him, returned to the fortress.
- BLB
- And on the next day, having allowed the horsemen to go with him, they returned to the barracks;
- ÅB
- og dagen etter lot de hestfolket dra videre med ham og vendte selv tilbake til festningen.
- OTB
- Neste dag lot de rytterne fortsette med ham, mens de vendte tilbake til borgen.
- B1930
- og dagen efter lot de hestfolket dra videre med ham og vendte selv tilbake til festningen.
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Acts 23:23
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.
Read in contextActs 23:10
The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.
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