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"When thisman was arrested by the Jews and was about to be slain by them, 1I came up to them with the troops and rescued him, 2having learned that he was a Roman.
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"And 3wanting to ascertain the charge for which they were accusing him, I 4brought him down to their 5Council;
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and I found him to be accusedover6questionsabout their Law, but under7noaccusationdeservingdeathorimprisonment.
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"When I was 8informed that there would be 9a plotagainst the man, I sent him to you at once, alsoinstructing10his accusers to bringchargesagainst him before you."
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So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, tookPaul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
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But the nextday, leaving11the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to 12the barracks.
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When these had come to 13Caesarea and delivered the letter to 14the governor, they alsopresentedPaul to him.
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When he had read it, he asked from what15province he was, and when he learned that 16he was from Cilicia,
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he said, "I will give you a hearingafter your 17accusersarrivealso," givingorders for him to be 18kept in Herod'sPraetorium.