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Acts 23:18 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 18. 18So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
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Role in This Section
Has Paul direct a centurion to bring the young informant and relay his request to the commander.
Read It With
- Acts 23:12–23:22
Acts 23:18 has Paul direct a centurion to bring the young informant and relay his request to the commander; within Acts 23:12–23:22, the controlling movement is that More than forty men bind themselves not to eat until killing Paul, enlist leaders in a deceptive request, but Paul's sister's son hears and reports the plot through Paul to the commander.
Why It Needs Context
Has Paul direct a centurion to bring the young informant and relay his request to the commander. Its responsible force depends on the full sequence, speaker, narrator framing, and outcome of Acts 23:12–23:22; it is connective evidence rather than a complete standalone teaching.
Continue in Context
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Read Acts 23:12–23:22 — A murder oath is exposed through Paul's nephewSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 23:12–23:22, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 23:12-23:22
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