Bible Cross References
the chief
Acts 21:31-33
31
Now as they were seeking to kill him, news came to the commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
32
He immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. And when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
33
Then the commander came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and he asked who he was and what he had done.
Acts 23:23-32
23
And he summoned two centurions, saying, Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at the third hour of the night;
24
and provide mounts to set Paul on, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.
25
And he wrote a letter in the following manner:
26
Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.
27
This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them. Coming with the troops I rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.
28
And when I wanted to know the reason they accused him, I brought him before their council.
29
I found out that he was accused concerning questions of their law, but had nothing charged against him deserving of death or bonds.
30
And when it was disclosed to me that the Jews were about to carry out a plot against the man, I sent him immediately to you, and also commanded his accusers to state before you the charges against him. Farewell.
31
Then the soldiers, as they were commanded, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
32
The next day they left the horsemen to go on with him, and returned to the barracks.
Proverbs 4:16
For they do not sleep unless they have done evil, and their sleep is taken away unless they cause someone to fall.
great
Acts 21:35
And when he reached the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd.
Acts 23:10
And when there arose a great dissension, the commander, fearing lest Paul might be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.