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Acts 23:34

Acts 23:34 is verse 34 of Acts chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,

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King James Version

And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;

World English Bible

When the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. When he understood that he was from Cilicia, he said,

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Acts 23:32–35 · Berean Standard Bible

32 The next day they returned to the barracks and let the horsemen go on with him.

33 When the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.

34 The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,

35 he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Acts 25:1

Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,

Esther 1:1

This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.

Esther 8:9

At 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 2:49

And 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 6:1

Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,

Luke 23:6

When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

Acts 15:41

And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

Acts 21:39

But 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.”

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