Acts 23:23–35

Paul Sent to Felix the Governor

²³Then he called two of the centurions and said, “Get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea at the third hour of the night.^{1 24}Also provide mounts for Paul to ride and bring him safely to ^aFelix ^bthe governor.” ²⁵And he wrote a letter to this effect:

²⁶“Claudius Lysias, to ^chis Excellency the governor Felix, ^dgreetings. ^27eThis man was seized by the Jews and ^fwas about to be killed by them ^fwhen I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, ^ghaving learned that he was a Roman citizen. ²⁸And ^hdesiring to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their council. ²⁹I found that he was being accused ⁱabout questions of their law, but ^jcharged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment. ^30kAnd when it was disclosed to me ^lthat there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ^mordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.”

³¹So the soldiers, according to their instructions, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. ³²And on the next day they returned to ⁿthe barracks, letting the horsemen go on with him. ³³When they had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him. ³⁴On reading the letter, he asked what ^oprovince he was from. And when he learned ^pthat he was from Cilicia, ³⁵he said, “I will give you a hearing ^qwhen your accusers arrive.” And he commanded him to be guarded in Herod’s ^rpraetorium.