# Acts 23.33-35 **Book:** [Acts](/codex/acts/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 31. So the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. 32. But on the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle: > > **33. and they, when they came to Cæsarea and delivered the letter to the governor, presented Paul also before him. 34. And when he had read it, he asked of what province he was; and when he understood that he was of Cilicia, 35. I will hear thee fully, said he, when thine accusers also are come: and he commanded him to be kept in Herod's palace.** (Acts 23:31-35, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 31. So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. 32. But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks. > > **33. When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him. 34. When the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. When he understood that he was from Cilicia, he said, 35. “I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive.” He commanded that he be kept in Herod’s palace.** (Acts 23:31-35, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 31. Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. 32. On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle: > > **33. Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him. 34. And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia; 35. I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.** (Acts 23:31-35, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 31. Then, indeed, the soldiers according to that directed them, having taken up Paul, brought him through the night to Antipatris, 32. and on the morrow, having suffered the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the castle; > > **33. those having entered into Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the governor, did present also Paul to him. 34. And the governor having read [it], and inquired of what province he is, and understood that [he is] from Cilicia; 35. 'I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers also may have come;' he also commanded him to be kept in the praetorium of Herod.** (Acts 23:31-35, 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._ - None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet. ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [New Testament Archaeology Evidence Catalog](/codex/new-testament-archaeology-evidence-catalog/) ## 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.