Acts 24:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And he gave order to the centurion that he should be kept in charge, and should have indulgence; and not to forbid any of his friends to minister unto him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then he ordered the centurion to keep [Paul] in custody, but to treat him with indulgence [giving him some liberty] and not to hinder his friends from ministering to his needs and serving him.

American Standard Version (1901)

And he gave order to the centurion that he should be kept in charge, and should have indulgence; and not to forbid any of his friends to minister unto him.

Common English Bible

He arranged for a centurion to guard Paul. He was to give Paul some freedom, and his friends were not to be hindered in their efforts to provide for him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he ordered a centurion to guard him, and to take rest, and not to prohibit any of his own from ministering to him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he commanded a centurion to keep him, and that he should be easy, and that he should not prohibit any of his friends to minister unto him.

Acts 24:23 Cross References

Proverbs 16:7

When a man's ways please the LORD, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Jeremiah 39:11

Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,

Acts 23:16

But Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the castle, and told Paul.

Acts 23:35

I will hear thy cause, said he, when thine accusers also are come: and he commanded him to be kept in Herod's palace.

Acts 24:26

He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

Acts 25:4

Howbeit Festus answered, that Paul was kept in charge at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart thither shortly.

Acts 27:3

And the next day we touched at Sidon: and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go unto his friends and refresh himself.

Acts 28:16

And when we entered into Rome, Paul was suffered to abide by himself with the soldier that guarded him.

Acts 28:31

preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, none forbidding him.