Acts 23:34
 Acts 23:34 
New International Version (©2011)
The governor read the letter and asked what province he was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,

New Living Translation (©2007)
He read it and then asked Paul what province he was from. "Cilicia," Paul answered.

English Standard Version (©2001)
On reading the letter, he asked what province he was from. And when he learned that he was from Cilicia,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
When he had read it, he asked from what province he was, and when he learned that he was from Cilicia,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
After he read it, he asked what province he was from. So when he learned he was from Cilicia,

International Standard Version (©2012)
After reading the letter, the governor asked which province Paul was from. On learning that he was from Cilicia,

NET Bible (©2006)
When the governor had read the letter, he asked what province he was from. When he learned that he was from Cilicia,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And when he read the letter, he was asking him from which province he was, and when he learned that he was from Qiliqia,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
After the governor had read the letter, he asked Paul which province he was from. When he found out that Paul was from the province of Cilicia,

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia he said,

American King James Version
And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;

American Standard Version
And when he had read it, he asked of what province he was; and when he understood that he was of Cilicia,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had read it, and had asked of what province he was, and understood that he was of Cilicia;

Darby Bible Translation
And having read it, and asked of what eparchy he was, and learned that he was of Cilicia,

English Revised Version
And when he had read it, he asked of what province he was; and when he understood that he was of Cilicia,

Webster's Bible Translation
And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia,

Weymouth New Testament
Felix, after reading the letter, inquired from what province he was; and being told "from Cilicia,"

World English Bible
When the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. When he understood that he was from Cilicia, he said,

Young's Literal Translation
And the governor having read it, and inquired of what province he is, and understood that he is from Cilicia;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

23:25-35 God has instruments for every work. The natural abilities and moral virtues of the heathens often have been employed to protect his persecuted servants. Even the men of the world can discern between the conscientious conduct of upright believers, and the zeal of false professors, though they disregard or understand not their doctrinal principles. All hearts are in God's hand, and those are blessed who put their trust in him, and commit their ways unto him.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 34. - He for the governor, A.V. and T.R.; it for the fetter, A.V. Province; ἐπαρχία, only here and in Acts 25:1. A general word for a government, most properly applied to an imperial province.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the governor, had read the letter,.... Which he doubtless opened and read as soon as he had received it, not knowing what important business might be contained in it, or of what dangerous consequence a neglect of reading it might be; this showed care and diligence in him:

he asked of what province he was; since he perceived by the letter he was a Roman, and that he might know whether he was under his jurisdiction, and whether the hearing of his case belonged to him; and it should seem that it rather belonged to the governor of Syria; but that the crimes he was charged with were committed in Judea, particularly that of profaning the temple.

And when he understood that he was of Cilicia; which was a Roman province, in which Tarsus was, where Paul was born free; Acts 21:39.


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

34, 35. asked of what province he was—the letter describing him as a Roman citizen.


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Paul Sent to Felix at Caesarea
33Who, when they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, presented Paul also before him. 34And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia; 35I will hear you, said he, when your accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.

Acts 6:9 Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)--Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia--who began to argue with Stephen.
Acts 21:39 Paul answered, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people."
Acts 25:1 Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,