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Acts 23:16 KJV
Acts · chapter 23 · verse 16 · King James Version
And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.Acts 23:16 · King James Version
Acts 23:16 in context
14And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
15Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
16And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
17Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
18So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
Key words (Strong's)
- sister'sadelphēa full, own sister, one connected by the tie of the Christian religionG79 →
- enteredeiserchomaito go out or come in to enter, of men or animals, as into a house or a city, of Satan…G1525 →
- Paul'spaulosPaul or Paulus = " small or little" , Paul was the most famous of the apostles…G3972 →
- castleparembolēan encampment, the camp of Israel in the desert, used for the city of Jerusalem, inasmuch…G3925 →
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- waitenedrona lying in wait for, an ambushG1749 →
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