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When theyοἵτινεςhad comeεἰσελθόντεςintoεἰςCaesareaτὴν Καισάρειανandκαὶdeliveredἀναδόντεςthe letterτὴν ἐπιστολὴνto the governor,τῷ ἡγεμόνιthey presentedπαρέστησανPaulτὸν Παῦλονalsoκαὶto him.αὐτῷ
Acts 23:33
Study it in the app“When they had come into Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also to him.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 23:33, word by word
- had comeεἰσελθόντεςeiselthontes
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eiselthontes” appears- CaesareaΚαισάρειανKaisareian
Caesarea
See it on the mapWhere else “Kaisareian” appears- deliveredἀναδόντεςanadontes
hand over, deliver
Hand over, deliver something into another's hands.
Where else “anadontes” appears- the letterἐπιστολὴνepistolēn
letter
Letter.
Where else “epistolēn” appears- to the governorἡγεμόνιhēgemoni
governor
The one who ruled a province for Rome, like Pilate.
Where else “hēgemoni” appears- they presentedπαρέστησανparestēsan
present
To set someone or something before God or another.
Where else “parestēsan” appears- PaulΠαῦλονPaulon
Paul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulon” appears
Places in this verse
Caesarea
Today: Caesarea Maritima ruins, Israel
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, about 60 miles (100 km) northwest of Jerusalem.
There Peter announced the good news to Cornelius and his household (Acts 10:1-48). Paul was kept prisoner there before being sent to Rome (Acts 23:23; 25:1).
The context
32And the next day, leaving the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the barracks.
33 · This verse (above)
34And when he had read it and asked from what province he was, and learned that he was from Cilicia,
To study Acts 23 in a group
1. What it says
What does the Lord say to Paul the night after his appearance before the council? (v. 11)
2. What it means
Paul's nephew learns of a plot and reports it. What does the commander do with that information? (vv. 12-24)
3. How I live it
Paul was encouraged at a moment of great tension (v. 11). Who encouraged you when you needed it, and how can you do that for someone else?