Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
The chief
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Bible References
The chief
Acts 21:31
And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
Acts 23:23
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen seventy, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
Proverbs 4:16
For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall.
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Acts 21:35
And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers because of the violence of the people.
Acts 23:10
And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the barracks.