23 Then he called two of his centurions and ordered them, “Get ready a detachment of two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen[a] to go to Caesarea at nine tonight.
24
Provide horses for Paul so that he may be taken safely to Governor Felix.”
26
Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.
27
This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, but I came with my troops and rescued him, for I had learned that he is a Roman citizen.
28
I wanted to know why they were accusing him, so I brought him to their Sanhedrin.
29
I found that the accusation had to do with questions about their law, but there was no charge against him that deserved death or imprisonment.
30
When I was informed of a plot to be carried out against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also ordered his accusers to present to you their case against him.