Acts 24:7
But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,In other versions
`But the chief captain Lysias came, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,'
ASV
BBE
but Lysias, the chiliarch, coming up, took [him] away with great force out of our hands,
DBY
TR adds "but the commanding officer, Lysias, came by and with great violence took him out of our hands,"
WEB
and Lysias the chief captain having come near, with much violence, out of our hands did take away,
YLT
But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
ENG
But the chief captain Lysias came and with great violence took him out of our hands,
WBT
In context
5For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
6Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
7But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
8Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
9And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
People in this verse
- Lysias