Acts 23:23–35

²³And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to ⁱCaesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; ²⁴And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix ^jthe governor. ²⁵And he wrote a letter ^kafter this manner:

²⁶Claudius Lysias unto the ^lmost excellent ^jgovernor Felix ^msendeth greeting. ²⁷ⁿThis man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with ^oan army, and rescued him, ^phaving understood that he was a Roman. ²⁸And when I would have known the cause wherefore they ^qaccused him, I ^rbrought him forth into their ^ecouncil: ²⁹Whom I perceived to be ^qaccused ^sof questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge ^tworthy of death or of bonds. ³⁰And ^uwhen it was told me how that the Jews ^vlaid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and ^wgave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. ^xFarewell.

³¹Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. ³²On the morrow they left ^ythe horsemen to go with him, and returned to ^cthe castle: ³³Who, when they came to ⁱCaesarea, and delivered the epistle to ^jthe governor, presented Paul also before him. ³⁴And when ^jthe governor had read the letter, he asked of what ^zprovince he was. ^aAnd when he understood that he was of ^aCilicia; ^35bI will hear thee, said he, ^cwhen thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in ^dHerod’s ^ejudgment hall.