Acts 24:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²³ 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.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ 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

²³ 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)

²³ 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

²³ 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

²³ 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

²³ 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.