Acts 23:23–35

Sent to Felix

²³And he called for two centurions, saying, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to ^sCaesarea at the third hour of the night; ²⁴and provide mounts to set Paul on, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.” ²⁵He wrote a letter in the following manner:

²⁶Claudius Lysias,

To the most excellent governor Felix:

Greetings.

^27tThis man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them. Coming with the troops I rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman. ^28uAnd when I wanted to know the reason they accused him, I brought him before their council. ²⁹I found out that he was accused ^vconcerning questions of their law, ^wbut had nothing charged against him deserving of death or chains. ³⁰And ^xwhen it was told me that ⁴the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him immediately to you, and ^yalso commanded his accusers to state before you the charges against him.

Farewell.

³¹Then the soldiers, as they were commanded, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. ³²The next day they left the horsemen to go on with him, and returned to the barracks. ³³When they came to ^zCaesarea and had delivered the ^aletter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him. ³⁴And when the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. And when he understood that he was from ^bCilicia, ³⁵he said, ^c“I will hear you when your accusers also have come.” And he commanded him to be kept in ^dHerod’s ⁵Praetorium.