Acts 24:7
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But Lysias the tribune, coming upon us with great violence, took him away out of our hands;

the chief.

Acts 21:31-33 And as they went about to kill him, it was told the tribune of the band that all Jerusalem was in confusion. . . .

Acts 23:23-32 Then having called two centurions, he said to them: Make ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea: and seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, for the third hour of the night. . . .

Proverbs 4:16 They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity.

great.

Acts 21:35 And when he was come to the stairs, it fell out that he was carried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the people.

Acts 23:10 And when there arose a great dissension, the tribune, fearing lest Paul should be 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 castle.

Context
Tertullus Prosecutes Paul
…But Lysias the tribune, coming upon us with great violence, took him away out of our hands;…
Cross References
Acts 24:6
Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom, we having apprehended, would also have judged according to our law.

Acts 24:8
Commanding his accusers to come to thee. Of whom thou mayest thyself, by examination, have knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him.

Lexicon
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.

Lysias
Λυσίας (Lysias)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3079: Claudius Lysias, a Roman tribune of the soldiers in Jerusalem.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article.

commander
χιλιαρχος (chiliarchos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5506: A commander of a thousand men, a military tribune.

having come up
παρελθὼν (parelthōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3928: To pass by, pass away, pass out of sight; to be rendered void, become vain, neglect, disregard.

with
μετὰ (meta)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 3326: (a) genitive: with, in company with, (b) accusative: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

great
πολλῆς (pollēs)
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4183: Much, many; often.

force,
βίας (bias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 970: Force, violence, strength.

took [him] away
ἀπήγαγε (apēgage)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 520: To lead, carry, take away; to be led astray, seduced.

out of
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.

our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun.

hands,
χειρῶν (cheirōn)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 5501: A hand.


Additional Translations
But the chief captain Lysias came on us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,

But the chief captain Lysias came, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,

but Lysias, the chiliarch, coming up, took [him] away with great force out of our hands,



But the chief captain Lysias came and with great violence took him out of our hands,



and Lysias the chief captain having come near, with much violence, out of our hands did take away,
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