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Acts 8:19

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8:19 saying, “Give me this power 1  too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 23:24

Context
23:24 and provide mounts for Paul to ride 2  so that he may be brought safely to Felix 3  the governor.” 4 

1 tn Or “ability”; Grk “authority.”

2 tn Grk “provide mounts to put Paul on.”

sn Mounts for Paul to ride. The fact they were riding horses indicates they wanted everyone to move as quickly as possible.

3 sn Felix the governor was Antonius Felix, a freedman of Antonia, mother of the Emperor Claudius. He was the brother of Pallas and became procurator of Palestine in a.d. 52/53. His administration was notorious for its corruption, cynicism, and cruelty. According to the historian Tacitus (History 5.9) Felix “reveled in cruelty and lust, and wielded the power of a king with the mind of a slave.”

4 tn Grk “Felix the procurator.” The official Roman title has been translated as “governor” (BDAG 433 s.v. ἡγεμών 2).



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