Acts 23:24
“And prouide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe vnto Felix the gouernour.”
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Acts 23:24 Context
22So the chiefe captaine then let the yong man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man, that thou hast shewed these things to me. 23And he called vnto him two Centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred souldiers to goe to Cesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearemen two hundred, at the third houre of the night. 24And prouide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe vnto Felix the gouernour. 25And hee wrote a letter after this manner: 26Claudius Lysias, vnto the most excellent Gouernour Felix, sendeth greeting.
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Other Translations for Acts 23:24
And provide [them] beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring [him] safe unto Felix the governor.
- King James Version
{They were} also to provide mounts to put Paul on and bring him safely to Felix the governor.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and `he bade them' provide beasts, that they might set Paul thereon, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And get beasts so that they may put Paul on them, and take him safely to Felix, the ruler.
- Basic English Bible
And [he ordered them] to provide beasts, that they might set Paul on them and carry [him] safe through to Felix the governor,
- Darby Bible
And provide for them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe to Felix the governor.
- Webster's Bible
He further told them to provide horses to mount Paul on, so as to bring him safely to Felix the Governor.
- Weymouth Bible
He asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.
- World English Bible
And make ye redy an hors, for Poul to ride on, to lede hym saaf to Felix, the presydent.
- Wycliffe Bible
beasts also provide, that, having set Paul on, they may bring him safe unto Felix the governor;'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Acts 23:24
23:24 Provide beasts - If a change should be necessary, to set Paul on - So we read of his riding once; but not by choice.
People's Bible Notes for Acts 23:24
Ac 23:24 Bring [him] safe unto Felix. Of this man, then governor, we will hear more. He was originally a slave, but had risen by base arts to a high position. His brother Pallas was the emperor's favorite, and secured the important post of governor for Felix in A.D. 52. In A.D. 60 he was removed. The governor. See PNT "Mt 27:2".