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21 So don’t you be persuaded by them. For more than forty men from-among them are lying-in-wait-for him who bound themselves under-a-curse neither to eat nor drink until which time they kill him. And now they are prepared, waiting-for the promise[a] from you”.

The Roman Commander Makes Arrangements To Send Paul To Caesarea

22 Then indeed the commander sent away the young-man, having commanded him to tell no one “that you revealed[b] these things to me”. 23 And having summoned a certain two of the centurions, he said, “Prepare two-hundred soldiers and seventy horsemen and two-hundred spearmen[c] so that they may proceed to Caesarea at the third[d] hour of the night”;

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 23:21 That is, the promise to bring Paul at a certain time.
  2. Acts 23:22 Or, gave-notice-of.
  3. Acts 23:23 Or, slingers, bowmen. The precise meaning of this military term is not certain.
  4. Acts 23:23 That is, 9 p.m.

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