Acts 23:34
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And when he had read it and had asked of what province he was and understood that he was of Cilicia:

he asked.

Acts 25:1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days, he went up to Jerusalem from Cesarea.

Esther 1:1 In the days of Assuerus, who reigned from India to Ethiopia over a hundred and twenty seven provinces:

Esther 8:9 Then the king's scribes and secretaries were called for (now it was the time of the third month which is called Siban) the three and twentieth day of the month, and letters were written, as Mardochai had a mind, to the Jews, and to the governors, and to the deputies, and to the judges, who were rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia: to province and province, to people and people, according to their languages and characters, and to the Jews, according as they could read and hear.

Daniel 2:49 And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, over the works of the province of Babylon: but Daniel himself was in the king's palace.

Daniel 6:1 It seemed good to Darius, and he appointed over the kingdom a hundred and twenty governors, to be over his whole kingdom.

Luke 23:6 But Pilate hearing Galilee, asked if the man were of Galilee?

Cilicia.

Acts 15:41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches, commanding them to keep the precepts of the apostles and the ancients.

Acts 21:39 But Paul said to him: I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city. And I beseech thee, suffer me to speak to the people.

Context
Paul Sent to Felix
33Who, when they were come to Caesarea and had delivered the letter to the governor, did also present Paul before him. 34And when he had read it and had asked of what province he was and understood that he was of Cilicia: 35I will hear thee, said he, when thy accusers come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.…
Cross References
Acts 6:9
Now there arose some, of that which is called the synagogue of the Libertines and of the Cyrenians and of the Alexandrians and of them that were of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.

Acts 21:39
But Paul said to him: I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city. And I beseech thee, suffer me to speak to the people.

Acts 25:1
Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days, he went up to Jerusalem from Cesarea.

Lexicon
[The governor] read [the letter]
Ἀναγνοὺς (Anagnous)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 314: To read, know again, know certainly, recognize, discern. From ana and ginosko; to know again, i.e. to read.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

asked
ἐπερωτήσας (eperōtēsas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1905: To interrogate, question, demand of. From epi and erotao; to ask for, i.e. Inquire, seek.

what
ποίας (poias)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4169: Of what sort. From the base of pou and hoios; individualizing interrogative what sort of, or which one.

province
ἐπαρχείας (eparcheias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1885: Sphere of duty, province. From a compound of epi and archo; a special region of government, i.e. A Roman pr?Fecture.

[Paul] was
ἐστὶν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

from.
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

Learning
πυθόμενος (pythomenos)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4441: To ask, inquire, ascertain by inquiry, understand.

that
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

[he was] from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

Cilicia,
Κιλικίας (Kilikias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2791: Probably of foreign origin; Cilicia, a region of Asia Minor.


Additional Translations
The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,

And having read it and having asked what province he is from, and having learned that he is from Cilicia,

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

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

And having read [it], and asked of what eparchy he was, and learned that [he was] of Cilicia,

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

And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia,

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

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

And the governor having read it, and inquired of what province he is, and understood that he is from Cilicia;
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