21 So do not [a]listen to them, for more than forty of them are (A)lying in wait for him who have (B)bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they slay him; and now they are ready and waiting for the promise from you.” 22 So the [b]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 23:22 V 10, note 1
  3. Acts 23:23 I.e. 9 p.m.
  4. Acts 23:23 Lit and
  5. Acts 23:23 Or slingers or bowmen