He asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.
Parallel translations
- KJV And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
- BSB Provide mounts for Paul to take him safely to Governor Felix.”
- NKJV and provide mounts to set Paul on, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.”
- NASB They were also to provide mounts to put Paul on and bring him safely to Felix the governor.
- NLT Provide horses for Paul to ride, and get him safely to Governor Felix.”
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Quick answer
The commander provides mounts to bring Paul safely to Felix the governor. Paul is to be transferred from Jerusalem's danger to Roman custody in Caesarea.
Overview
Felix, the Roman procurator of Judea, now becomes the next authority before whom Paul will testify. The transfer moves the gospel toward higher courts, fulfilling Christ's purpose for Paul to witness before governors (compare Luke 21:12-13). God's providence carries Paul step by step toward Rome.
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- Acts 24:10When the governor had beckoned to him to speak, Paul answered, “Because I know that you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I cheerfully make my defense,
- Acts 23:26“Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.
- Acts 25:14As he stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;
- Acts 23:33When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.
- Luke 3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
- Luke 10:34came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
- Neh 2:12I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There wasn’t any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.
- Matt 27:2and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
- Acts 24:22–27But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, “When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will decide your case.”
- Esth 8:12on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
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