21 So do not [a]listen to them, for more than forty [b]of them are (A)in hiding to ambush him, and these men have (B)put themselves under an oath not to eat or drink until they kill him; and now they are ready and waiting for assurance from you.” 22 Then the commander let the young man go, instructing him, “Tell no one that you have notified me of these things.”

Paul Moved to Caesarea

23 And he called to him two of the centurions and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready by [c]the third hour of the night to proceed to (C)Caesarea, [d]with seventy horsemen and two hundred [e]spearmen.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 23:21 Lit be persuaded by them
  2. Acts 23:21 Lit men of them
  3. Acts 23:23 I.e., 9 p.m.
  4. Acts 23:23 Lit and
  5. Acts 23:23 Or slingers; or bowmen

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