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
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.