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Acts 23:26 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting. "
Acts 23:26
Verse in Context
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And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
And he wrote a letter after this manner:
Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.
This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
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Acts 23:1
"And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day."
Acts 23:2
"And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth."
Acts 23:3
"Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?"
Acts 23:4
"And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?"
Acts 23:5
"Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people."
Acts 23:6
"But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question."
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