Acts 23:23–35

23 And he summoned two of the centurions and* said, “Make ready from the third hour of the night two hundred soldiers and seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen,g in order that they may proceed as far as Caesarea. 24 And provide mounts so that they can put Paul on them and* bring him* safely to Felix the governor.” 25 ⌊He wrote⌋h a letter that had this form:i

26 Claudius Lysias.

To his excellency Governor Felix.

Greetings!

27 This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them when I* came upon them* with the detachment and* rescued him,* because I* learned that he was a Roman citizen. 28 And because I* wanted to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him* down to their Sanhedrin.j 29 I found ⌊he⌋k was accused concerning controversial questions of their law, but having no charge deserving death or imprisonment. 30 And when it* was made known to me there would be a plot against the man, I sent him* to you immediately, also ordering his* accusers to speak against himl before you.

31 Therefore the soldiers, in accordance with ⌊their orders⌋,m took Paul and* brought him* to Antipatris during the night. 32 And on the next day they let the horsemen go on with him, and* they returned to the barracks.n 33 ⌊The horsemen⌋,o when they* came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, also presented Paul to him. 34 So after* reading the letter* and asking what province he was from, and learning that he was from Cilicia, 35 he said, “I will give you a hearing whenever your accusers arrive also,” giving orders for him to be guarded in the praetoriump of Herod.

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*	Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“summoned”) has been translated as a finite verb
g	A word of uncertain meaning, probably a military technical term
*	Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“put … on”) has been translated as a finite verb
*	Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
h	Literally “writing”
i	Or “content”
*	Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came upon”) which is understood as temporal
*	Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*	Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came upon”) has been translated as a finite verb
*	Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*	Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“learned”) which is understood as causal
*	Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“wanted”) which is understood as causal
*	Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
j	Or “council”
k	Literally “whom”
*	Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was made known”) which is understood as temporal
*	Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*	Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
l	Some manuscripts have “to state the charges against him” (literally, “to speak the things against him”)
m	Literally “what was ordered to them”
*	Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb
*	Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*	Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“let”) has been translated as a finite verb
n	Or “headquarters”
o	Literally “who”
*	Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal
*	Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“reading”) which is understood as temporal
*	Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
p	The “praetorium” of Herod refers to the palace of Herod the Great in Caesarea Maritima

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