KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Acts 23:33–34
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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.
Acts 23:34
34And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;
34And when the gouernour had read the letter, he asked of what prouince he was. And when he vnderstood that he was of Cilicia:
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DEFINED WORDS
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)
DEFINED WORDS
Acts 23:34
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)
To utter or pronounce written or printed words, letters or characters in the proper order; to repeat the names or utter the sounds customarily annexed to words, letters or characters.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A written message or epistle; also a character of writing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
understood
Comprehended, perceived the meaning, or knew with the mind.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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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.
From verse 34
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Open the full verse study39But 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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Open the full verse study1NOW when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cæsarea to Jerusalem.
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Open the full verse study41And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
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Open the full verse study9¶ 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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Open the full verse study49Then 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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Open the full verse study1IT pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
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Open the full verse study1NOW 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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Open the full verse study9Then 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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Open the full verse study6When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilæan.
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