Acts 23:31

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.”

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BSBPD

“So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“So the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Then, indeed, the soldiers according to that directed them, having taken up Paul, brought him through the night to Antipatris,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 23:31 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Luke 7:8For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes; and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”
  2. Acts 23:23Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
  3. 2 Timothy 2:3Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

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