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23 And having summoned a certain two of the centurions, he said, “Prepare two-hundred soldiers and seventy horsemen and two-hundred spearmen[a] so that they may proceed to Caesarea at the third[b] hour of the night”; 24 and that they should provide mounts in order that having put-on Paul, they might bring him safely through to Felix[c] the governor, 25 he having written a letter having this form:

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 23:23 Or, slingers, bowmen. The precise meaning of this military term is not certain.
  2. Acts 23:23 That is, 9 p.m.
  3. Acts 23:24 After the death of King Herod Agrippa I (Act 12:1), the Roman emperor Claudius (Act 18:2) put Judea under the control of a Roman procurator (similar to the prefects like Pilate). Felix was the fourth, and ruled from a.d. 52-59.

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