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Paul Sent to Felix

Acts 23:35

In 9 translations

BSB
he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
KJV
I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
WEB
“I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive.” He commanded that he be kept in Herod’s palace.
ASV
I will hear thee fully, said he, when thine accusers also are come: and he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s palace.
LSV
“I will hear you,” he said, “when your accusers may also have come”; he also commanded him to be kept in the Praetorium of Herod.
YLT
'I will hear thee — said he — when thine accusers also may have come;' he also commanded him to be kept in the praetorium of Herod.
DBY
he said, I will hear thee fully when thine accusers also are arrived. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's praetorium.
DRC
I will hear thee, said he, when thy accusers come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
GNV
I will heare thee, said he, when thine accusers also are come, and commanded him to bee kept in Herods iudgement hall.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read κελεύσας (“having commanded”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Ἐκέλευσέν (“he commanded”).
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus include τοῦ (“the”); Byzantine text do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τε (“then”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place αὐτόν.¶ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: κελεύσας. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read κελεύσας; Robinson–Pierpont read Ἐκέλευσέν τε αὐτὸν.
  • SBLGNT: τοῦ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τοῦ; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
  • SBLGNT: αὐτόν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτόν; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Διακούσομαί σου, ἔφη, ὅταν καὶ οἱ κατήγοροί σου παραγένωνται· κελεύσας ἐν τῷ πραιτωρίῳ τοῦ Ἡρῴδου φυλάσσεσθαι αὐτόν.
RP2018
Διακούσομαί σου, ἔφη, ὅταν καὶ οἱ κατήγοροί σου παραγένωνται. Ἐκέλευσέν τε αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ πραιτωρίῳ Ἡρῴδου φυλάσσεσθαι.
TR-Boyd
Διακούσομαί σου, ἔφη, ὅταν καὶ οἱ κατήγοροί σου παραγένωνται. Ἐκέλευσέ τε αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ πραιτωρίῳ τοῦ Ἡρῴδου φυλάσσεσθαι.
SCR1894
διακουσομαι σου εφη οταν και οι κατηγοροι σου παραγενωνται εκελευσεν τε αυτον εν τω πραιτωριω του ηρωδου φυλασσεσθαι

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 23:30When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.
  • Acts 25:16I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
  • Matthew 27:27Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.
  • Acts 24:1Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
  • Matthew 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
  • Acts 24:19who ought to appear before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.
  • Acts 24:22Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “When Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”
  • Acts 24:10When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.
  • Acts 24:24–27After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus. As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming…
  • Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had…
  • John 18:28Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
  • Matthew 2:3When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

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