23He ordered the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody, and should have some privileges, and not to forbid any of his friends to serve him or to visit him.


In Context

20 Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,

21 unless it is for this one thing that I cried standing among them, 'Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged before you today!'|

22 But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, |When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will decide your case.|

23 He ordered the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody, and should have some privileges, and not to forbid any of his friends to serve him or to visit him.

24 But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.

25 As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, |Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.|

Acts 24:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:23And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:23He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard but to give him some freedom and permit his friends to take care of his needs.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:23And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:23And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:23ordering the centurion to keep him, and that he should have freedom, and to hinder none of his friends to minister to him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:23And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:23And 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 to him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:23having given also a direction to the centurion to keep Paul, to let him also have liberty, and to forbid none of his own friends to minister or to come near to him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:23And 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 to him.