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Acts 20:4

And he was accompanied by Sopater of Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, and by Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.

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Acts 20:5

Now these had gone on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas.

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Acts 20:6

We sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and reached them at Troas within five days; and we stayed there for seven days.

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Acts 20:7

On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight.

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Acts 20:8

There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were gathered together.

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Acts 20:9

And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, Eutychus was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor, and was picked up dead.

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Acts 20:10

But Paul went down and fell upon him, and after embracing him, he said, "Do not be troubled, for he is still alive."

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Acts 20:11

When Paul had gone back up and had broken the bread and eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left.

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Acts 20:12

They took away the boy alive, and were greatly comforted.

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Acts 20:13

But we went ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, intending from there to take Paul on board; for that was what he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.

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Acts 20:14

And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.

Acts 20:15

Sailing from there, we arrived the following day opposite Chios; and the next day we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.

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Acts 20:16

For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so that he would not have to lose time in Asia; for he was hurrying, if it might be possible for him to be in Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

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Acts 20:17

From Miletus he sent word to Ephesus and called to himself the elders of the church.

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Acts 20:18

And when they came to him, he said to them, "You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time,

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Acts 20:19

serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and trials which came upon me through the plots of the Jews;

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Acts 20:20

how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was beneficial, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,

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Acts 20:21

solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Acts 20:22

"And now, behold, bound by the Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,

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Acts 20:23

except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that chains and afflictions await me.

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Acts 20:24

"But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of God's grace.

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Acts 20:25

"And now behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face.

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Acts 20:26

"Therefore, I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all people.

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Acts 20:27

"For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.

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Acts 20:28

"Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.

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Acts 20:29

"I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

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Acts 20:30

and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things to draw away the disciples after them.

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Acts 20:31

"Therefore, be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish each one with tears.

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Acts 20:32

"And now I entrust you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

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Acts 20:33

"I have coveted no one's silver or gold or clothes.

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Acts 20:34

"You yourselves know that these hands served my own needs and the men who were with me.

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Acts 20:35

"In everything I showed you that by working hard in this way you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Acts 20:36

When he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

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Acts 20:37

And they all began to weep aloud and embraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him,

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Acts 20:38

grieving especially over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they were accompanying him to the ship.

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Acts 21:1

Now when we had parted from them and had set sail, we ran a straight course to Cos, and on the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara;

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Acts 21:2

and having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.

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Acts 21:3

When we came in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left, we kept sailing to Syria and landed at Tyre; for the ship was to unload its cargo there.

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Acts 21:4

After looking up the disciples, we stayed there for seven days; and they kept telling Paul, through the Spirit, not to set foot in Jerusalem.

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Acts 21:5

When our days there were ended, we left and started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, escorted us until we were out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another.

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Acts 21:6

Then we boarded the ship, and they returned home.

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Acts 21:7

When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and after greeting the brothers and sisters, we stayed with them for a day.

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Acts 21:8

On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

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Acts 21:9

Now this man had four virgin daughters who were prophetesses.

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Acts 21:10

As we were staying there for some days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

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Acts 21:11

And he came to us and took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands, and said, "This is what the Holy Spirit says: 'In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.'"

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Acts 21:12

When we had heard this, we as well as the local residents began begging him not to go up to Jerusalem.

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Acts 21:13

Then Paul replied, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

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Acts 21:14

And since he would not be persuaded, we became quiet, remarking, "The will of the Lord be done!"

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Acts 21:15

After these days we got ready and started on our way up to Jerusalem.

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Acts 21:16

Some of the disciples from Caesarea also came with us, taking us to Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple of long standing with whom we were to stay.

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Acts 21:17

After we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers and sisters received us gladly.

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Acts 21:18

And the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

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Acts 21:19

After he had greeted them, he began to relate one by one the things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

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Acts 21:20

And when they heard about them, they began glorifying God; and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law;

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Acts 21:21

and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs.

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Acts 21:22

"So what is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.

Acts 21:23

"Therefore, do as we tell you: we have four men who have a vow upon themselves;

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Acts 21:24

take them along and purify yourself together with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads; and then everyone will know that there is nothing to what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also conform, keeping the Law.

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Acts 21:25

"But regarding the Gentiles who have believed, we sent a letter, having decided that they should abstain from meat sacrificed to idols and from blood and what is strangled, and from sexual immorality."

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Acts 21:26

Then Paul took along the men, and the next day, after purifying himself together with them, he went into the temple giving notice of the completion of the days of purification, until the sacrifice was offered for each one of them.

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Acts 21:27

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, began to stir up all the crowd and laid hands on him,

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Acts 21:28

crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who instructs everyone everywhere against our people and the Law and this place; and besides, he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place!"

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Acts 21:29

For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they thought that Paul had brought him into the temple.

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Acts 21:30

Then the whole city was provoked and the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.

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Acts 21:31

While they were intent on killing him, a report came up to the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

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Acts 21:32

He immediately took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

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Acts 21:33

Then the commander came up and took hold of him, and ordered that he be bound with two chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done.

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Acts 21:34

But among the crowd, some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the facts because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.

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Acts 21:35

When Paul got to the stairs, it came about that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;

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Acts 21:36

for the multitude of people kept following them, shouting, "Away with him!"

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Acts 21:37

As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commander, "May I say something to you?" And he said, "Do you know Greek?

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Acts 21:38

"Then you are not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?"

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Acts 21:39

But Paul said, "I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city; and I beg you, allow me to speak to the people."

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Acts 21:40

When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, motioned to the people with his hand; and when there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying,

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Acts 22:1

"Brothers and fathers, hear my defense which I now offer to you."

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Acts 22:2

And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet; and he said,

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Acts 22:3

"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the Law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.

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Acts 22:4

"I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons,

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Acts 22:5

as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brothers, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished.

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Acts 22:6

"But it happened that as I was on my way, approaching Damascus at about noon, a very bright light suddenly flashed from heaven all around me,

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Acts 22:7

and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'

Acts 22:8

"And I answered, 'Who are You, Lord?' And He said to me, 'I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.'

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Acts 22:9

"And those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the One who was speaking to me.

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Acts 22:10

"And I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Get up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told about everything that has been appointed for you to do.'

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Acts 22:11

"But since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I came into Damascus being led by the hand by those who were with me.

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Acts 22:12

"Now a certain Ananias, a man who was devout by the standard of the Law and well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,

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Acts 22:13

came to me, and standing nearby he said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' And at that very moment I looked up at him.

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Acts 22:14

"And he said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear a message from His mouth.

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Acts 22:15

'For you will be a witness for Him to all people of what you have seen and heard.

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Acts 22:16

'Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name.'

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Acts 22:17

"It happened when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I fell into a trance,

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Acts 22:18

and I saw Him saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.'

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Acts 22:19

"And I said, 'Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after another I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You.

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Acts 22:20

'And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing nearby and approving, and watching over the cloaks of those who were killing him.'

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Acts 22:21

"And He said to me, 'Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

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Acts 22:22

They listened to him up to this statement, and then they raised their voices and said, "Away with such a man from the earth, for he should not be allowed to live!"

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Acts 22:23

And as they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,

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Acts 22:24

the commander ordered that he be brought into the barracks, saying that he was to be interrogated by flogging so that he would find out the reason why they were shouting against him that way.

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Acts 22:25

But when they stretched him out with straps, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, "Is it lawful for you to flog a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?"

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Acts 22:26

When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and told him, saying, "What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman."

Acts 22:27

The commander came and said to Paul, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" And he said, "Yes."

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Acts 22:28

The commander answered, "I acquired this citizenship for a large sum of money." And Paul said, "But I was actually born a citizen."

Acts 22:29

Therefore, those who were about to interrogate him immediately backed away from him; and the commander also was afraid when he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had put him in chains.

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Acts 22:30

Now on the next day, wanting to know for certain why Paul had been accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the Council to assemble, and he brought Paul down and placed him before them.

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Acts 23:1

Now looking intently at the Council, Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived my life with an entirely good conscience before God up to this day."

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Acts 23:2

But the high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.

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Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to try me according to the Law, and in violation of the Law, order me to be struck?"

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Acts 23:4

But those present said, "Are you insulting God's high priest?"

Acts 23:5

And Paul said, "I was not aware, brothers, that he is high priest; for it is written: 'YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK EVIL OF A RULER OF YOUR PEOPLE.'"

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Acts 23:6

But Paul, perceiving that one group were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, began crying out in the Council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am on trial for the hope and resurrection of the dead!"

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Acts 23:7

When he said this, a dissension occurred between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

Acts 23:8

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor an angel, nor a spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.

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Acts 23:9

And a great uproar occurred; and some of the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and started arguing heatedly, saying, "We find nothing wrong with this man; suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?"

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Acts 23:10

And when a great dissension occurred, the commander was afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, and he ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.

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Acts 23:11

But on the following night, the Lord stood near him and said, "Be courageous! For as you have testified to the truth about Me in Jerusalem, so you must testify in Rome also."

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Acts 23:12

When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and put themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

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Acts 23:13

There were more than forty who formed this plot.

Acts 23:14

They came to the chief priests and the elders and said, "We have put ourselves under an oath to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

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Acts 23:15

"Now therefore, you and the Council notify the commander to bring him down to you, as though you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly; and as for us, we are ready to kill him before he comes near the place."

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Acts 23:16

But the son of Paul's sister heard about their ambush, and he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.

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Acts 23:17

Paul called one of the centurions to himself and said, "Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to report to him."

Acts 23:18

So he took him and led him to the commander and said, "Paul the prisoner called me over to him and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you."

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Acts 23:19

The commander took him by the hand, and stepping aside, began to inquire of him privately, "What is it that you have to report to me?"

Acts 23:20

And he said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down tomorrow to the Council, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more thoroughly about him.

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Acts 23:21

"So do not listen to them, for more than forty of them are in hiding to ambush him, and these men have put themselves under an oath not to eat or drink until they kill him; and now they are ready and waiting for assurance from you."

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Acts 23:22

Then the commander let the young man go, instructing him, "Tell no one that you have notified me of these things."

Acts 23:23

And he called to him two of the centurions and said, "Get two hundred soldiers ready by the third hour of the night to proceed to Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen."

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Acts 23:24

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

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Acts 23:25

And he wrote a letter with the following content:

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Acts 23:26

"Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.

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Acts 23:27

When this man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, I came up to them with the troops and rescued him, after learning that he was a Roman.

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Acts 23:28

And wanting to ascertain the basis for the charges they were bringing against him, I brought him down to their Council;

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Acts 23:29

and I found that he was being accused regarding questions in their Law, but was not charged with anything deserving death or imprisonment.

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Acts 23:30

When I was informed that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, also instructing his accusers to bring charges against him before you."

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Acts 23:31

So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

Acts 23:32

But on the next day they let the horsemen go on with him, and they returned to the barracks.

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Acts 23:33

When these horsemen had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

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Acts 23:34

Now when he had read it, he also asked from what province Paul was, and when he learned that he was from Cilicia,

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Acts 23:35

he said, "I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive as well," giving orders for Paul to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.

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