# Acts 23.26 **Book:** [Acts](/codex/acts/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 24. and he bade them provide beasts, that they might set Paul thereon, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor. 25. And he wrote a letter after this form: > > **26. Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.** > > 27. This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be slain of them, when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman. 28. And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council: (Acts 23:24-28, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 24. He asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor. 25. He wrote a letter like this: > > **26. “Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.** > > 27. “This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman. 28. Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council. (Acts 23:24-28, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 24. And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor. 25. And he wrote a letter after this manner: > > **26. Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.** > > 27. This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman. 28. And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council: (Acts 23:24-28, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 24. beasts also provide, that, having set Paul on, they may bring him safe unto Felix the governor;' 25. he having written a letter after this description: > > **26. 'Claudius Lysias, to the most noble governor Felix, hail:** > > 27. This man having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them, having come with the soldiery, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman; 28. and, intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim, (Acts 23:24-28, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Passages:** - [James 1.1](/codex/james-1-1/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.