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And the son of Paul's sister having heard of the lying in wait, having gone and entered into the castle, told Paul,
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and Paul having called near one of the centurions, said, `This young man lead unto the chief captain, for he hath something to tell him.'
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He indeed, then, having taken him, brought him unto the chief captain, and saith, `The prisoner Paul, having called me near, asked [me] this young man to bring unto thee, having something to say to thee.'
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And the chief captain having taken him by the hand, and having withdrawn by themselves, inquired, `What is that which thou hast to tell me?
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and he said -- `The Jews agreed to request thee, that to-morrow to the sanhedrim thou mayest bring down Paul, as being about to enquire something more exactly concerning him;
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thou, therefore, mayest thou not yield to them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who did anathematize themselves -- not to eat nor to drink till they kill him, and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from thee.
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The chief captain, then, indeed, let the young man go, having charged [him] to tell no one, `that these things thou didst shew unto me;'
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and having called near a certain two of the centurions, he said, `Make ready soldiers two hundred, that they may go on unto Caesarea, and horsemen seventy, and spearmen two hundred, from the third hour of the night;
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beasts also provide, that, having set Paul on, they may bring him safe unto Felix the governor;'
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he having written a letter after this description:
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`Claudius Lysias, to the most noble governor Felix, hail: