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But don’t do it! There are more than forty men hiding along the way ready to ambush him. They have vowed not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him. They are ready now, just waiting for your consent.”
22
“Don’t let anyone know you told me this,” the commander warned the young man.
23
Then the commander called two of his officers and ordered, “Get 200 soldiers ready to leave for Caesarea at nine o’clock tonight. Also take 200 spearmen and 70 mounted troops.
24
Provide horses for Paul to ride, and get him safely to Governor Felix.”
26
“From Claudius Lysias, to his Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings!
27
“This man was seized by some Jews, and they were about to kill him when I arrived with the troops. When I learned that he was a Roman citizen, I removed him to safety.
28
Then I took him to their high council to try to learn the basis of the accusations against him.
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I soon discovered the charge was something regarding their religious law—certainly nothing worthy of imprisonment or death.
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But when I was informed of a plot to kill him, I immediately sent him on to you. I have told his accusers to bring their charges before you.”
31
So that night, as ordered, the soldiers took Paul as far as Antipatris.