Acts 23:34

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

And {G1161} when the governor {G2232} had read {G314} the letter,{G2532} he asked {G1905} of {G1537} what {G4169} province {G1885} he was {G2076}. And {G2532} when he understood {G4441} that {G3754} he was of {G575} Cilicia {G2791};

The governor read the letter and asked what province he was from. On learning he was from Cilicia,

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

And when he had read it, he asked of what province he was; and when he understood that he was of Cilicia,

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Cross-References

  • Acts 21:39 (5 votes)

    But Paul said, I am a man [which am] a Jew of Tarsus, [a city] in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.

  • Acts 25:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 15:41 (2 votes)

    And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

  • Daniel 2:49 (2 votes)

    Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel [sat] in the gate of the king.

  • Esther 1:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

  • Esther 8:9 (2 votes)

    Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that [is], the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which [are] from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

  • Acts 6:9 (2 votes)

    Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called [the synagogue] of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.