Acts 23:25

25 {He wrote} a letter that had this form:

Acts 23:25 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 23:25

And he wrote a letter after this manner.
] The chief captain wrote a letter to Felix the governor, the form and sum of which were as follow; this letter he sent by one of the centurions to him.

Acts 23:25 In-Context

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, 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} a letter that had this form:

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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "writing"
• [b]. Or "content"