Acts 23:34
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,”
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“The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;”
King James Version · Public Domain“And when he had read it, he asked of what province he was; and when he understood that he was of Cilicia,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the governor having read <FI>it<Fi> , and inquired of what province he is, and understood that <FI>he is<Fi> from Cilicia;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 23:34 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 1:1This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
- Esther 8:9At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
- Daniel 2:49And at Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.
- Daniel 6:1Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
- Luke 23:6When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
- Acts 6:9But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen,
- Acts 15:41And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
- Acts 21:39But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”
- Acts 25:1Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
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