Bible Cross References
the chief
Acts 21:31-33
31
And seeking to kill him, a report went up to the commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem had been stirred up,
32
who immediately having taken along soldiers and centurions, ran down among them. And when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
33
And the commander, approaching, took hold of him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and he was inquiring who he might be and what he had done.
Acts 23:23-32
23
And having summoned two of the centurions he said, "Make ready two hundred soldiers, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, in order that they may go to Caesarea, to leave at the third hour of the night;
24
and place mounts at [their] disposal, in order that they may put Paul on them, and bring him safely to Felix the governor."
25
And he wrote a letter which contained this content:
26
Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.
27
This man, having been arrested by the Jews, was about to be killed by them. I came upon [them] with the detachment of soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman.
28
And desiring to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I took him down to their council;
29
and I found that he was accused concerning questions of their law, [but] had no accusation [against him] worthy of death or chains.
30
And when it became known to me that a plot against the man by the Jews was about to happen, I sent him at once to you, and also commanded the accusers to state the charges against him before you. Farewell.
31
Then the soldiers, as they were commanded, took Paul and brought him during the night to Antipatris.
32
And on the next day they left the horsemen to go on with him, and returned to the barracks.
Proverbs 4:16
For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.
great
Acts 21:35
But when he arrived at the stairs, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd.
Acts 23:10
And when much dissension developed, the commander, fearing lest Paul might be torn apart by them, commanded the detachment of soldiers to go down and seize him from the midst of them, and to bring [him] into the barracks.