Paul Sent to Felix the Governor

Acts 23

23 Then he called two of the centurions and said, "Get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea at the third hour of the night. 1 24 Also provide mounts for Paul to ride and bring him safely to a Felix b the governor." 25 And he wrote a letter to this effect:

26 "Claudius Lysias, to c his Excellency the governor Felix, d greetings. 27 e This man was seized by the Jews and f was about to be killed by them f when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, g having learned that he was a Roman citizen. 28 And h desiring to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their council. 29 I found that he was being accused i about questions of their law, but j charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment. 30 k And when it was disclosed to me l that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, m ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him."

31 So the soldiers, according to their instructions, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. 32 And on the next day they returned to n the barracks, letting the horsemen go on with him. 33 When they had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him. 34 On reading the letter, he asked what o province he was from. And when he learned p that he was from Cilicia, 35 he said, "I will give you a hearing q when your accusers arrive." And he commanded him to be guarded in Herod's r praetorium.

  1. Cross References
    Acts 23:26
    Claudius Lysias, to his Excellency the governor Felix, greetings.
    Acts 24:2
    And when he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: "Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your foresight, most excellent Felix, reforms are being made for this nation.
    Acts 25:14
    And as they stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, "There is a man left prisoner by Felix.
  2. Cross References
    Acts 23:33
    When they had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him.
    Acts 24:1
    And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul.
    Acts 24:10
    And when the governor had nodded to him to speak, Paul replied: "Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense.
    Acts 26:30
    Then the king rose, and the governor and Bernice and those who were sitting with them.
    Luke 20:20
    So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
  3. Cross References
    Acts 24:1
    And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul.
  4. Cross References
    Acts 15:23
    With the following letter: "The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings.
  5. Cross References
    Acts 21:27
    When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him.
  6. Cross References
    Acts 21:32 - 33
    He at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
  7. Cross References
    Acts 21:32 - 33
    He at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
  8. Cross References
    Acts 22:25 - 29
    But when they had stretched him out for the whips, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, "Is it lawful for you to flog a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?
  9. Cross References
    Acts 22:30
    But on the next day, desiring to know the real reason why he was being accused by the Jews, he unbound him and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before them.
  10. Cross References
    Acts 18:15
    But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.
    Acts 25:19
    Rather they had certain points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.
  11. Cross References
    Acts 25:25
    But I found that he had done nothing deserving death. And as he himself appealed to the emperor, I decided to go ahead and send him.
    Acts 26:31
    And when they had withdrawn, they said to one another, "This man is doing nothing to deserve death or imprisonment.
    Acts 28:18
    When they had examined me, they wished to set me at liberty, because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.
    Acts 23:9
    Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, "We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?
  12. Cross References
    Acts 23:20
    And he said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more closely about him.
  13. Cross References
    Acts 23:12
    When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
    Acts 9:24
    But their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him.
  14. Cross References
    Acts 23:35
    He said, "I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive." And he commanded him to be guarded in Herod's praetorium.
    Acts 24:19
    They ought to be here before you and to make an accusation, should they have anything against me.
    Acts 25:16
    I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up anyone before the accused met the accusers face to face and had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid against him.
  15. Cross References
    Acts 23:10
    And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into the barracks.
    Acts 23:16
    Now the son of Paul's sister heard of their ambush, so he went and entered the barracks and told Paul.
  16. Cross References
    Acts 25:1
    Now three days after Festus had arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
  17. Cross References
    Acts 21:39
    Paul replied, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.
  18. Cross References
    Acts 23:30
    And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.
  19. Cross References
    Matthew 27:27
    Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him.
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