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Acts 23:25
And he sent a letter in these words:
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Christian Standard Bible®
He wrote the following letter:
He wrote the following letter:
King James Version (1611)
And hee wrote a letter after this manner:
And hee wrote a letter after this manner:
King James Version
And he wrote a letter after this manner:
And he wrote a letter after this manner:
English Standard Version
And he wrote a letter to this effect:
And he wrote a letter to this effect:
New American Standard Bible
And he wrote a letter with the following content:
And he wrote a letter with the following content:
New Century Version
And he wrote a letter that said:
And he wrote a letter that said:
Amplified Bible
And [after instructing the centurions] he wrote a letter to this effect:
And [after instructing the centurions] he wrote a letter to this effect:
Legacy Standard Bible
And he wrote a letter having this form:
And he wrote a letter having this form:
Berean Standard Bible
And he wrote the following letter:
And he wrote the following letter:
Contemporary English Version
The commander wrote a letter that said:
The commander wrote a letter that said:
Complete Jewish Bible
And the commander wrote the following letter:
And the commander wrote the following letter:
Darby Translation
having written a letter, couched in this form:
having written a letter, couched in this form:
Easy-to-Read Version
The commander wrote a letter that said:
The commander wrote a letter that said:
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he wrote an epistle in this maner:
And he wrote an epistle in this maner:
George Lamsa Translation
And he wrote a letter after this manner and gave it to them:
And he wrote a letter after this manner and gave it to them:
Good News Translation
Then the commander wrote a letter that went like this:
Then the commander wrote a letter that went like this:
Lexham English Bible
He wrote a letter that had this form:
He wrote a letter that had this form:
Literal Translation
For he was writing a letter, having this form:
For he was writing a letter, having this form:
American Standard Version
And he wrote a letter after this form:
And he wrote a letter after this form:
Hebrew Names Version
He wrote a letter like this:
He wrote a letter like this:
International Standard Version
He wrote a letter with this message:
He wrote a letter with this message:
Etheridge Translation
And he wrote a letter, and gave it to them, which was thus:
And he wrote a letter, and gave it to them, which was thus:
Murdock Translation
And he wrote a letter and gave them, in which was, thus:
And he wrote a letter and gave them, in which was, thus:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he wrote a letter, after this maner.
And he wrote a letter, after this maner.
English Revised Version
And he wrote a letter after this form:
And he wrote a letter after this form:
World English Bible
He wrote a letter like this:
He wrote a letter like this:
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he wrote a letter after this manner, Claudius Lysias to the most excellent Governor Felix, greeting.
And he wrote a letter after this manner, Claudius Lysias to the most excellent Governor Felix, greeting.
Weymouth's New Testament
He also wrote a letter of which these were the contents:
He also wrote a letter of which these were the contents:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
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.
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.
Update Bible Version
And he wrote a letter after this form:
And he wrote a letter after this form:
Webster's Bible Translation
And he wrote a letter after this manner:
And he wrote a letter after this manner:
New English Translation
He wrote a letter that went like this:
He wrote a letter that went like this:
New King James Version
He wrote a letter in the following manner:
He wrote a letter in the following manner:
New Living Translation
Then he wrote this letter to the governor:
Then he wrote this letter to the governor:
New Life Bible
He wrote a letter which said,
He wrote a letter which said,
New Revised Standard
He wrote a letter to this effect:
He wrote a letter to this effect:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he wrote a letter, after this form: -
And he wrote a letter, after this form: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
(For he feared lest perhaps the Jews might take him away by force and kill him: and he should afterwards be slandered, as if he was to take money.) And he wrote a letter after this manner:
(For he feared lest perhaps the Jews might take him away by force and kill him: and he should afterwards be slandered, as if he was to take money.) And he wrote a letter after this manner:
Revised Standard Version
And he wrote a letter to this effect:
And he wrote a letter to this effect:
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and wrote a letter in this maner.
and wrote a letter in this maner.
Young's Literal Translation
he having written a letter after this description:
he having written a letter after this description:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and he wrote a letter on this maner:
and he wrote a letter on this maner:
Mace New Testament (1729)
at the same time he writ a letter to Felix to this purport.
at the same time he writ a letter to Felix to this purport.
THE MESSAGE
Then he wrote this letter: From Claudius Lysias, to the Most Honorable Governor Felix: Greetings! I rescued this man from a Jewish mob. They had seized him and were about to kill him when I learned that he was a Roman citizen. So I sent in my soldiers. Wanting to know what he had done wrong, I had him brought before their council. It turned out to be a squabble turned vicious over some of their religious differences, but nothing remotely criminal. The next thing I knew, they had cooked up a plot to murder him. I decided that for his own safety I'd better get him out of here in a hurry. So I'm sending him to you. I'm informing his accusers that he's now under your jurisdiction.
Then he wrote this letter: From Claudius Lysias, to the Most Honorable Governor Felix: Greetings! I rescued this man from a Jewish mob. They had seized him and were about to kill him when I learned that he was a Roman citizen. So I sent in my soldiers. Wanting to know what he had done wrong, I had him brought before their council. It turned out to be a squabble turned vicious over some of their religious differences, but nothing remotely criminal. The next thing I knew, they had cooked up a plot to murder him. I decided that for his own safety I'd better get him out of here in a hurry. So I'm sending him to you. I'm informing his accusers that he's now under your jurisdiction.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Then the commander wrote this letter to the governor,
Then the commander wrote this letter to the governor,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And he wrote a letter having this form:
And he wrote a letter having this form:
Contextual Overview
12 And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death. 13 And more than forty of them took this oath. 14 And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to death 15 So now, will you and the Sanhedrin make a request to the military authorities to have him sent down to you, as if you were desiring to go into the business in greater detail; and we, before ever he gets to you, will be waiting to put him to death. 16 But Paul's sister's son had word of their design, and he came into the army building and gave news of it to Paul. 17 And Paul sent for a captain and said, Take this young man to your chief, for he has news for him. 18 So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you. 19 And the chief took him by the hand and, going on one side, said to him privately, What is it you have to say to me? 20 And he said, The Jews are in agreement together to make a request to you for Paul to be taken, on the day after this, into the Sanhedrin, to be questioned in greater detail. 21 But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order.
Bible Verse Review
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Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he wrote a letter after this manner. The chief captain wrote a letter to Felix the governor, the form and sum of which were as follow; this letter he sent by one of the centurions to him.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 23:25. He wrote a letter after this manner — It appears that this was not only the substance of the letter, but the letter itself: the whole of it is so perfectly formal as to prove this; and in this simple manner are all the letters of the ancients formed. In this also we have an additional proof of St. Luke's accuracy.
