Acts 23:18

So 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.

So {G3767}{G3303} he took {G3880} him {G846}, and brought {G71} him to {G4314} the chief captain {G5506}, and {G2532} said {G5346}, Paul {G3972} the prisoner {G1198} called {G4341} me {G3165} unto him, and prayed me {G2065} to bring {G71} this {G5126} young man {G3494} unto {G4314} thee {G4571}, who hath {G2192} something {G5100} to say {G2980} unto thee {G4671}.

So he took him and brought him to the commander and said, “The prisoner Sha’ul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, because he has something to tell you.”

So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”

So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and saith, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and asked me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say to thee.

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Cross-References

  • Ephesians 3:1 (6 votes)

    ¶ For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

  • Acts 28:17 (3 votes)

    ¶ And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men [and] brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

  • Philemon 1:9 (3 votes)

    Yet for love's sake I rather beseech [thee], being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

  • Ephesians 4:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

  • Genesis 40:14 (2 votes)

    But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

  • Genesis 40:15 (2 votes)

    For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

  • Acts 27:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto [one] named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.