Acts 23:35

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

³⁴ And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;

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

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: 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
And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
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Acts 25:16
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
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Matthew 27:27
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
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Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
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Acts 24:22
And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
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Acts 24:24–27
And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
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Matthew 2:3
When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
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Acts 24:10
Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
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