Acts 23:19
New International Version
The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside and asked, “What is it you want to tell me?”

New Living Translation
The commander took his hand, led him aside, and asked, “What is it you want to tell me?”

English Standard Version
The tribune took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”

Berean Standard Bible
The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”

Berean Literal Bible
Then the commander, having taken hold of his hand and having withdrawn in private, began to inquire, "What is it that you have to report to me?"

King James Bible
Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?

New King James Version
Then the commander took him by the hand, went aside, and asked privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”

New American Standard Bible
The commander took him by the hand, and stepping aside, began to inquire of him privately, “What is it that you have to report to me?”

NASB 1995
The commander took him by the hand and stepping aside, began to inquire of him privately, “What is it that you have to report to me?”

NASB 1977
And the commander took him by the hand and stepping aside, began to inquire of him privately, “What is it that you have to report to me?”

Legacy Standard Bible
And the commander took him by the hand and stepping aside, began to inquire of him privately, “What is it that you have to report to me?”

Amplified Bible
The commander took him by the hand and stepping aside, began to ask him privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”

Christian Standard Bible
The commander took him by the hand, led him aside, and inquired privately, “What is it you have to report to me? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the commander took him by the hand, led him aside, and inquired privately, “What is it you have to report to me?"”

American Standard Version
And the chief captain took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, What is it that thou hast to tell me?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the Chiliarch took the youth by the hand and drew him to one side and was asking him, “What do you have to say to me?”

Contemporary English Version
The commander took the young man aside and asked him in private, "What do you want to tell me?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the tribune taking him by the hand, went aside with him privately, and asked him: What is it that thou hast to tell me?

English Revised Version
And the chief captain took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, What is that thou hast to tell me?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The officer took the young man by the arm, went where they could be alone, and asked him, "What do you have to tell me?"

Good News Translation
The commander took him by the hand, led him off by himself, and asked him, "What do you have to tell me?"

International Standard Version
The tribune took him by the hand, stepped aside to be alone with him, and asked, "What have you got to tell me?"

Literal Standard Version
And the chief captain having taken him by the hand, and having withdrawn by themselves, inquired, “What is that which you have to tell me?”

Majority Standard Bible
The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”

New American Bible
The commander took him by the hand, drew him aside, and asked him privately, “What is it you have to report to me?”

NET Bible
The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked, "What is it that you want to report to me?"

New Revised Standard Version
The tribune took him by the hand, drew him aside privately, and asked, “What is it that you have to report to me?”

New Heart English Bible
The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?"

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?

Weymouth New Testament
Then the Tribune, taking him by the arm, withdrew out of the hearing of others and asked him, "What have you to tell me?"

World English Bible
The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”

Young's Literal Translation
And the chief captain having taken him by the hand, and having withdrawn by themselves, inquired, 'What is that which thou hast to tell me?'

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Context
The Plot to Kill Paul
18So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.” 19 The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?” 20He answered, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of acquiring more information about him.…

Cross References
John 18:12
Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.

Acts 17:19
So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, "May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

Acts 23:18
So the centurion took him to the commander and said, "Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you."

Acts 23:20
He answered, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of acquiring more information about him.


Treasury of Scripture

Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that you have to tell me?

took.

Jeremiah 31:32
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:

Mark 8:23
And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

Mark 9:27
But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.

What.

Nehemiah 2:4
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Esther 5:3
Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.

Esther 7:2
And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.

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Acts 23
1. As Paul pleads his cause,
2. Ananias commands them to strike him.
7. Dissension among his accusers.
11. God encourages him.
14. The Jews' vow to kill Paul,
20. is declared unto the chief captain.
27. He sends him to Felix the governor.














Verse 19. - And for then, A.V.; going aside asked him privately for went with him aside privately, and asked him, A.V. Took him by the hand (ἐπιλαβόμενος τῆς χειρὸς); see above, Acts 17:19, note. The action denotes a kindly feeling towards St. Paul, as indeed his whole conduct does (comp. Acts 24:23; Acts 27:3; also Daniel 1:9 and Psalm 106:46).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
The
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

commander
χιλίαρχος (chiliarchos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5506: A commander of a thousand men, a military tribune. From chilioi and archo; the commander of a thousand soldiers

took
Ἐπιλαβόμενος (Epilabomenos)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1949: To lay hold of, take hold of, seize (sometimes with beneficent, sometimes with hostile, intent).

[the young man]
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

by the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

hand,
χειρὸς (cheiros)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 5495: A hand.

drew [him]
ἀναχωρήσας (anachōrēsas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 402: From ana and choreo; to retire.

aside,
ἰδίαν (idian)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2398: Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate.

and asked,
ἐπυνθάνετο (epynthaneto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4441: To ask, inquire, ascertain by inquiry, understand.

“What
Τί (Ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

do you need
ἔχεις (echeis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

to tell
ἀπαγγεῖλαί (apangeilai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 518: To report (from one place to another), bring a report, announce, declare. From apo and the base of aggelos; to announce.

me?”
μοι (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.


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