King James Version
Acts 23:24 in the King James Version says “And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.”
Acts 23:24 · KJV
So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
And he wrote a letter after this manner:
Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“provide”
G3936to stand beside, i.e., (transitively) to exhibit, proffer, (specially), recommend, (figuratively) substantiate; or (intransitively) to be at hand (or
“Paul”
G3972(little; but remotely from a derivative of g3973, meaning the same); paulus, the name of a roman and of an apostle
“and bring him safe”
G1295to save thoroughly, i.e., (by implication or analogy) to cure, preserve, rescue, etc
“unto”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
“the governor”
G2232a leader, i.e., chief person (or figuratively, place) of a province
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