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.
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And he called to him two of the centurions and said, "Get two hundred soldiers ready by the third hour of the night to proceed to Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen."
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They were also to provide mounts to put Paul on and bring him safely to Felix the governor.
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"Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor Felix, greetings.
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"When this man was arrested by the Jews and was about to be slain by them, I came up to them with the troops and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.