Paragraph 23:25–30

23:25

he: Here this pronoun refers to the commander.

the following: This phrase in Greek is literally “having this form.” The commander probably wrote in Latin, but Luke wrote in Greek many years later what someone remembered it said. The general content of the letter follows, but not the exact words. For example:

to this effect (Revised Standard Version)
-or-
after this manner (King James Version)

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