KJV King James Version
I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
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Acts 23:35
I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
WEB World English Bible
“I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive.” He commanded that he be kept in Herod’s palace.
ASV American Standard Version
I will hear thee fully, said he, when thine accusers also are come: and he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s palace.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘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.
Surrounding context — Acts 23
32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
33 Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
34 And when the governor had read [the letter], he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that [he was] of Cilicia;
35 I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
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διακούσομαίG1251 · diakouōto give a hearingσου,G4771 · suyouἔφη,G5346 · phēmito assertὅτανG3752 · hotanwhen(-ever)καὶG2532 · kaiandοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoκατήγοροίG2725 · katēgorosaccuserσουG4771 · suyouπαραγένωνται.G3854 · paraginomaito comeκελεύσαςG2753 · keleuōto orderἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoπραιτωρίῳG4232 · praitōrionpraetoriumτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἩρῴδουG2264 · HērōdēsHerodφυλάσσεσθαιG5442 · phulassōto keep/guard: observeαὐτόν.¶G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Acts 23:30And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what [they had] against him. Farewell.Acts 25:16To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.Matthew 27:27Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band [of soldiers].Matthew 2:1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,Acts 24:1And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and [with] a certain orator [named] Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.Acts 24:22And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of [that] way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.John 18:28Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.Acts 24:10Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:Acts 24:19Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.Acts 24:24-27And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.Matthew 2:3When Herod the king had heard [these things], he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
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