Acts 23:17

Good News Translation

Then Paul called one of the officers and said to him, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”

Cross References

Proverbs 22:3

Sensible people will see trouble coming and avoid it, but an unthinking person will walk right into it and regret it later.

Matthew 10:16

“Listen! I am sending you out just like sheep to a pack of wolves. You must be as cautious as snakes and as gentle as doves.

John 18:12

Then the Roman soldiers with their commanding officer and the Jewish guards arrested Jesus, tied him up,

Acts 22:26

When the officer heard this, he went to the commander and asked him, “What are you doing? That man is a Roman citizen!”

Acts 23:16

But the son of Paul's sister heard about the plot; so he went to the fort and told Paul.

Acts 23:18

The officer took him, led him to the commander, and said, “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, because he has something to say to you.”

Acts 23:23

Then the commander called two of his officers and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea, together with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, and be ready to leave by nine o'clock tonight.