KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Acts 23:31–33
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Acts 23:31
31Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
31Then the souldiers, as it was commaunded them, tooke Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
Acts 23:32
32On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
32On the morow, they left the horsemen to goe with him, and returned to the castle.
Acts 23:33
33Who, when they came to Cæsarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
33Who when they came to Cesarea, and deliuered the Epistle to the gouernour, presented Paul also before him.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 23:31
Persons engaged or enlisted in military service.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Ordered; directed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Acts 23:32
Departed from, allowed to remain, or abandoned.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Men who ride horses, especially soldiers serving on horseback.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
Came, sent, or gave back; restored or repaid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A house fortified for defense against an enemy; a fortress.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Acts 23:33
Freed, rescued, handed over, committed, spoken, or brought forth, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A written message or letter sent to a person or assembly.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A ruler, chief officer, or person entrusted with authority over others.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Offered; given; exhibited to view; accused.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 31
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Open the full verse study3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
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Open the full verse study23And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
24And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
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Open the full verse study8For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
From verse 32
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Open the full verse study10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
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Open the full verse study23And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
From verse 33
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Open the full verse study23And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
24And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
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Open the full verse study26Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.
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Open the full verse study16And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
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Open the full verse study40But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cæsarea.
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