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Acts 23:34

Cilicia

32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:

33 Who, when they came to Cæsarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.

And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;

35 I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.

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BSB
The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,
KJV
And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;
WEB
When the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. When he understood that he was from Cilicia, he said,
ASV
And when he had read it, he asked of what province he was; and when he understood that he was of Cilicia,
DARBY
And having read [it], and asked of what eparchy he was, and learned that [he was] of Cilicia,
BLB
And having read [it] and having asked what province he is from, and having learned that [he is] from Cilicia,
ÅB
Da han hadde lest det og spurt hva land han var fra, og fått vite at han var fra Kilikia, sa han:
OTB
Guvernøren leste brevet og spurte fra hvilken provins Paulus var. Da han fikk vite at han var fra Kilikia,
B1930
Da han hadde lest det og spurt hvad land han var fra, og fått vite at han var fra Kilikia, sa han:

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  • Acts 21:39

    But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.

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  • Acts 25:1

    Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cæsarea to Jerusalem.

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  • Esther 1:1

    Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

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  • Esther 8:9

    Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

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  • Daniel 6:1

    It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

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  • Daniel 2:49

    Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

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  • Acts 15:41

    And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

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  • Acts 6:9

    Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

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