Acts 23:25
“And hee wrote a letter after this manner:”
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Acts 23:25 Context
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. 27This man was taken of the Iewes and should haue beene killed of them: Then came I with an armie, and rescued him, hauing vnderstood that he was a Romane.
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Other Translations for Acts 23:25
And he wrote a letter after this manner:
- King James Version
And he wrote a letter having this form:
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he wrote a letter after this form:
- American Standard Version (1901)
And he sent a letter in these words:
- Basic English Bible
having written a letter, couched in this form:
- Darby Bible
And he wrote a letter after this manner:
- Webster's Bible
He also wrote a letter of which these were the contents:
- Weymouth Bible
He wrote a letter like this:
- World English Bible
For the tribune dredde, lest the Jewis wolden take hym bi the weie, and sle hym, and aftirward he miyte be chalengid, as he hadde take money.
- Wycliffe Bible
he having written a letter after this description:
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Acts 23:25
Ac 23:25,26 He wrote a letter. Roman law required that when a prisoner was sent by a lower official to a higher for trial, a letter should be sent stating the charges. That of Lysias states his understanding of the case.