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Acts 24:7

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial

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KJV ORIGINAL

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

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ MADE SIMPLE

But then Commander Lysias showed up and basically ripped him right out of our hands with a whole bunch of force.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes authority steps in and completely changes the game plan.

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Felix had already heard about Christianity before, so he knew more about what Paul was talking about than he let on. But instead of making a decision right then, he basically said 'I'll get back to you on this' and told them he'd wait until the commander Lysias could come down to give his side of the story.

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