Acts 23:24

King James Version

And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
Give Paul his own horse and get him to Governor Felix."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They were also to provide mounts to put Paul on and bring him safely to Felix the governor.

Legacy Standard Bible
and provide mounts to put Paul on and bring him safely to Felix the governor."

Bible in Basic English
And get beasts so that they may put Paul on them, and take him safely to Felix, the ruler.

Darby Translation
And [he ordered them] to provide beasts, that they might set Paul on them and carry [him] safe through to Felix the governor,

New King James Version
and provide mounts to set Paul on, and bring him safely to Felix the governor."

Christian Standard Bible®
Also provide mounts so they can put Paul on them and bring him safely to Felix the governor."

World English Bible
He asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix, the governor.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And provide beasts, to set Paul upon, and conduct him safe to Felix the governor.

Weymouth's New Testament
He further told them to provide horses to mount Paul on, so as to bring him safely to Felix the Governor.

King James Version (1611)
And prouide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe vnto Felix the gouernour.

Literal Translation
and animals to stand by, so that setting Paul on, they may bring him to Felix the governor.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and delyuer the beastes, that they maye set Paul theron, and brynge him safe vnto Felix the debyte,

Mace New Testament (1729)
let them take care to see Paul mounted, and convoy him safe to governour Felix.

Amplified Bible
also provide mounts for Paul to ride, and bring him safely to Felix the governor."

American Standard Version
and he bade them provide beasts, that they might set Paul thereon, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.

Revised Standard Version
Also provide mounts for Paul to ride, and bring him safely to Felix the governor."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And delyvre them beastes that they maye put Paul on and bringe him safe vnto Felix the hye debite

Update Bible Version
and [he bade them] provide beasts, that they might set Paul thereon, and bring him safe to Felix the governor.

Webster's Bible Translation
And provide [for them] beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring [him] safe to Felix the governor.

Young's Literal Translation
beasts also provide, that, having set Paul on, they may bring him safe unto Felix the governor;'

New Century Version
Get some horses for Paul to ride so he can be taken to Governor Felix safely."

New English Translation
and provide mounts for Paul to ride so that he may be brought safely to Felix the governor."

Berean Standard Bible
Provide mounts for Paul to take him safely to Governor Felix."

Contemporary English Version
Get a horse ready for Paul and make sure that he gets safely through to Felix the governor."

Complete Jewish Bible
also provide replacements for Sha'ul's horse when it gets tired; and bring him through safely to Felix the governor."

English Standard Version
Also provide mounts for Paul to ride and bring him safely to Felix the governor."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And let them make readie an horse, that Paul being set on, may be brought safe vnto Felix the Gouernour.

George Lamsa Translation
And provide also an animal that they may set Paul on, and carry him safe to Felix the governor.

Hebrew Names Version
He asked them to provide animals, that they might set Sha'ul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.

International Standard Version
Provide an animal for Paul to ride, and take him safely to Governor Felix."

Etheridge Translation
but provide also a beast to carry Paulos, and escape to Felix the governor. [fn]

Murdock Translation
And provide also a saddle beast, that they may set Paul on it, and carry him safely to Felix the governor.

New Living Translation
Provide horses for Paul to ride, and get him safely to Governor Felix."

New Life Bible
Get horses ready for Paul to ride. Take him to Felix, the leader of the people."

English Revised Version
and he bade them provide beasts, that they might set Paul thereon, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.

New Revised Standard
Also provide mounts for Paul to ride, and take him safely to Felix the governor."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
beasts also provide, in order that, seating Paul thereon, they may bring him safely through unto Felix the governor.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And provide beasts, that they may set Paul on and bring him safe to Felix the governor.

Lexham English Bible
And provide mounts so that they can put Paul on them and bring him safely to Felix the governor."

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And delyuer them beastes, that they may set Paul on, and bryng hym safe vnto Felix the hye deputie.

Easy-to-Read Version
Get some horses for Paul to ride so that he can be taken to Governor Felix safely."

New American Standard Bible
They were also to provide mounts to put Paul on and bring him safely to Felix the governor.

Good News Translation
Provide some horses for Paul to ride and get him safely through to Governor Felix."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And make ye redy an hors, for Poul to ride on, to lede hym saaf to Felix, the presydent.

Contextual Overview

¹² And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. ¹³ And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. ¹⁴ And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. ¹⁵ Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him. ¹⁶ And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. ¹⁷ Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him. ¹⁸ So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee. ¹⁹ Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me? ²⁰ And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly. ²¹ But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

beasts: Nehemiah 2:12, Esther 8:12, Luke 10:34

Felix: Acts 23:26, Acts 23:33-35, Acts 24:3, Acts 24:10, Acts 24:22-27, Acts 25:14

the governor: Matthew 27:2, Luke 3:1

Reciprocal: Acts 17:10 - the brethren Acts 21:32 - took Acts 23:31 - as Acts 27:43 - willing Acts 28:7 - the chief

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And provide them beasts,.... Horses or mules; the Syriac version reads in the singular number, "a beast": and one being sufficient for Paul, here may be a change of number; the Arabic and Ethiopic versions leave out these words, but the following clause makes them necessary:

that they may set Paul on; on the beast, or on one of the beasts provided; if more than one were provided, they might be for his companions, to go along with him:

and bring him safe unto Felix the governor; this man, of a servant, was made a freed man by Claudius Caesar g, and by him appointed in the room of Cumanus governor of Judea h; he was the brother of Pallas, who had the chief management of affairs under the emperor; and this Felix married three persons successively, that were of royal families; hence Suetonius i calls him the husband of three queens; one of these was Drusilla, afterwards mentioned in Acts 24:24 who was sister to King Agrippa. Tacitus calls him Antonius Felix k which name he had from Antonia the mother of Claudius', whose servant he was; Josephus l calls him Claudius Felix, which name he took from the Emperor Claudius, who from so low and mean condition raised him to such honour and dignity; his name Felix signifies "happy": according to Tacitus m, when Felix was first sent into Judea, the government was divided between him and Cumanus; Felix had Samaria, and Cumanus the other part, which was called the nation of the Galilaeans; but Josephus takes no notice of any such division, he says n, that Cumanus was banished; and after that Felix was sent by Caesar, governor of Judea, of Galilee, Samaria, and Peraea; and so he seems to be governor of the whole country at this time; he was now at Caesarea, and it is plain that Judea was under his government, since Paul, a prisoner at Jerusalem, is sent down unto him; and in this his government he continued during the life of Claudius; and when Nero became emperor, and added four cities to the kingdom of Agrippa, he constituted Felix governor of the rest of Judea o; which character he bore till he thought fit to remove him, and put Festus in his room, of whom mention is made hereafter: after these words the following ones are added, in the Vulgate Latin version, "for he was afraid lest perhaps the Jews should take him by force and kill him, and afterwards he should bear the reproach, as if he had took money"; but they are not to be found in any Greek copies.

g Aurel. Victor. Epitome Imper. Rom. p. 324. Sueton. Vita Claudii, sect. 29. h Joseph. de Bello Jud. l. 2. c. 12. sect. 8. i Ut supra. (g) k Hist. 1. 5. l Antiqu. l. 20. c. 6. sect. 1. m Hist. l. 12. & 21. n Antiqu. l. 20. c. 5. sect. 3. & c. 6. sect. 1. De Bello Jud. l. 2. c. 12. sect. 7, 8. o De Bello Jud. l. 2. c. 13. sect. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And provide them beasts - One for Paul, and one for each of his attendants. The word translated “beasts” κτήνη ktēnē is of a general character, and may be applied either to horses, camels, or donkeys. The latter were most commonly employed in Judea.

Unto Felix the governor - The governor of Judea. His place of residence was Caesarea, about 60 miles from Jerusalem. See the notes on Acts 8:40. His name was Antonius Felix. He was a freedman of Antonia, the mother of the Emperor Claudius. He was high in the favor of Claudius, and was made by him governor of Judea. Josephus calls him Claudius Felix. He had married three wives in succession that were of royal families, one of whom was Drusilla, afterward mentioned in Acts 24:24, who was sister to King Agrippa. Tacitus (History, v. 9) says that he governed with all the authority of a king, and the baseness and insolence of a slave. “He was an unrighteous governor, a base, mercenary, and bad man” (Clarke). See his character further described in the notes on Acts 24:25.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 23:24. Provide them beasts — One for Paul, and some others for his immediate keepers.

Felix the governor. — This Felix was a freed man of the Emperor Claudius, and brother of Pallas, chief favourite of the emperor. Tacitus calls him Antonius Felix; and gives us to understand that he governed with all the authority of a king, and the baseness and insolence of a quondam slave. E libertis Antonius Felix per omnem saevitiam ac libidinem jus regium servili ingenio exercuit. Hist. v. 9. He had, according to Suetonius, in his life of Claudius, chap. 28, three queens to his wives; that is, he was married thrice, and each time to the daughter or niece of a king. Drusilla, the sister of Agrippa, was his wife at this time; see Acts 24:24. He was an unrighteous governor; a base, mercenary, and bad man: see Acts 24:2.