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 unto him two of the centurions, and said, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night:
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and [he bade them] provide beasts, that they might set Paul thereon, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
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Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.
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This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be slain of them, when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.
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