Acts 23:9-11

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁹ And there occurred a great uproar; and some of ^(A)the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, “^(B)We find nothing wrong with this man; ^(C)suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?” ¹⁰ And as a great dissension was developing, the ^[a]commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them and ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force, and bring him into ^(D)the barracks.

¹¹ But on ^(E)the night immediately following, the Lord stood at his side and said, “^(F)Take courage; for ^(G)as you have ^(H)solemnly witnessed to My cause at Jerusalem, so you must witness at Rome also.”