Acts 23:35

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,

he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.

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: he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
KJV: I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
WEB: “I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive.” He commanded that he be kept in Herod’s palace.
ASV: I will hear thee fully, said he, when thine accusers also are come: and he commanded him to be kept in Herod`s palace.
DARBY: he said, I will hear thee fully when thine accusers also are arrived. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's praetorium.
BLB: he was saying, “I will hear you fully when your accusers may have arrived also,” having commanded him to be guarded in the Praetorium of Herod.

ÅB: Jeg skal ta deg i forhør når dine anklagere kommer. Og han befalte at han skulle holdes i varetekt i Herodes' borg.
OTB: sa han: «Jeg vil høre din sak når dine anklagere ankommer.» Så beordret han at Paulus skulle holdes under bevoktning i Herodes’ pretorium.
B1930: Jeg skal ta dig i forhør når dine anklagere kommer. Og han bød at han skulde holdes i varetekt i Herodes' borg.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 23:30
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.
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Acts 25:16
I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
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Matthew 27:27
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.
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Matthew 2:16
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
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Acts 24:22
Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “When Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”
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Acts 24:24–27
After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.
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Matthew 2:3
When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
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Acts 24:10
When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.
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