Acts 23:26
Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.
BSB
ASV
Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.
KJV
Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.
Claudius--the Roman name he would take on purchasing his citizenship. Lysias--his Greek family name. the most excellent governor--an honorary title of office.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Luke 1:3Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
leads to
But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,
But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:
Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.
In every way and everywhere, most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this with all gratitude.
Through
Acts 24:3In every way and everywhere, most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this with all gratitude.
leads to
Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Acts 15:23and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.
leads to
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
