19
The tribune took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?
20
And he said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more closely about him.
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But do not yield to them; for more than forty of their men lie in ambush for him, having bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.
22
So the tribune dismissed the young man, charging him, "Tell no one that you have informed me of this."
23
Then he called two of the centurions and said, "At the third hour of the night get ready two hundred soldiers with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesare'a.
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Also provide mounts for Paul to ride, and bring him safely to Felix the governor."
25
And he wrote a letter to this effect:
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"Claudius Lys'ias to his Excellency the governor Felix, greeting.
27
This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.
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And desiring to know the charge on which they accused him, I brought him down to their council.
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I found that he was accused about questions of their law, but charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.