Acts:23:12-35
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And when it was (
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day ,
certain of the Jews banded together (
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and bound themselves under a curse (
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saying (
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that they would neither eat (
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nor drink (
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till they had killed (
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Paul .
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And they were (
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more than forty which had made (
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this conspiracy .
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And they came to (
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the chief priests and elders ,
and said (
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We have bound (
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ourselves under a great curse ,
that we will eat (
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nothing until we have slain (
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Paul .
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Now therefore ye with the council signify (
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to the chief captain that he bring him down (
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unto you to morrow ,
as though ye would (
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enquire (
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something more perfectly concerning him :
and we ,
or ever he come near (
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are (
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ready to kill (
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him .
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And when Pauls sisters son heard (
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of their lying in wait ,
he went (
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and entered (
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into the castle ,
and told (
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Paul .
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Then Paul called (
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one of the centurions unto him ,
and said (
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Bring (
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this young man unto the chief captain :
for he hath (
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a certain thing to tell (
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him .
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So he took (
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him ,
and brought (
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him to the chief captain ,
and said (
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Paul the prisoner called (
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me unto him ,
and prayed me (
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to bring (
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this young man unto thee ,
who hath (
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something to say (
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unto thee .
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Then the chief captain took (
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him by the hand ,
and went with him aside (
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privately ,
and asked (
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him ,
What is (
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that thou hast (
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to tell (
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me ?
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And he said (
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The Jews have agreed (
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to desire (
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thee that thou wouldest bring down (
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Paul to morrow into the council ,
as though they would (
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enquire (
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somewhat of him more perfectly .
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But do not thou yield (
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unto them :
for there lie in wait for (
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him of them more than forty men ,
which have bound themselves with an oath (
5656 ),
that they will neither eat (
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nor drink (
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till they have killed (
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him :
and now are they (
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ready ,
looking for (
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a promise from thee .
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So the chief captain then let the young man depart (
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and charged (
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him ,
See thou tell (
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no man that thou hast shewed (
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these things to me .
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And he called unto (
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him two centurions ,
saying (
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Make ready (
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two hundred soldiers to go (
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to Caesarea ,
and horsemen threescore and ten ,
and spearmen two hundred ,
at the third hour of the night ;
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And provide (
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them beasts ,
that they may set Paul on (
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and bring him safe (
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unto Felix the governor .
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And he wrote (
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a letter after (
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this manner :
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Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting (
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This man was taken (
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of the Jews ,
and should (
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have been killed (
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of them :
then came I (
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with an army ,
and rescued (
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him ,
having understood (
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that he was (
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a Roman .
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And when I would (
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have known (
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the cause wherefore they accused (
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him ,
I brought him forth (
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into their council :
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Whom I perceived (
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to be accused (
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of questions of their law ,
but to have (
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nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds .
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And when it was told (
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me how that the Jews laid wait (
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for the man ,
I sent (
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straightway to thee ,
and gave commandment (
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to his accusers also to say (
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before thee what they had against him .
Farewell (
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Then the soldiers ,
as it was commanded (
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them ,
took (
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Paul ,
and brought (
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him by night to Antipatris .
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On the morrow they left (
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the horsemen to go (
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with him ,
and returned (
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to the castle :
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Who ,
when they came (
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to Caesarea ,
and delivered (
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the epistle to the governor ,
presented (
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Paul also before him .
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And when the governor had read (
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the letter ,
he asked (
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of what province he was (
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And when he understood (
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that he was of Cilicia ;
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I will hear (
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thee ,
said he (
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when thine accusers are also come (
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And he commanded (
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him to be kept (
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in Herods judgment hall .