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Selected Verse: Acts 23:19 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Ac 23:19	King James	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?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
took him by the hand--This shows that he must have been quite in his boyhood, and throws a pleasing light on the kind-hearted impartiality of this officer.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

took him by the hand--This shows that he must have been quite in his boyhood, and throws a pleasing light on the kind-hearted impartiality of this officer.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Took him by the hand - As an expression of kindness and civility. He did it to draw him aside from the multitude, that he might communicate his message privately.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Took him by the hand - As an expression of kindness and civility. He did it to draw him aside from the multitude, that he might communicate his message privately.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
And the tribune taking him by the hand - In a mild, condescending way. Lysias seems to have conducted this whole affair with great integrity, humanity, and prudence.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

And the tribune taking him by the hand - In a mild, condescending way. Lysias seems to have conducted this whole affair with great integrity, humanity, and prudence.

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