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And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee, that thou wouldst bring down Paul to-morrow into the council, as though they would inquire somewhat concerning him more perfectly.
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But do not thou yield to them: for there are of them who lie in wait for him more than forty men, who have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now they are ready, looking for a promise from thee
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So the chief captain [then] let the young man depart, and charged [him], [See thou] tell no man that thou hast shown these things to me.
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And he called to [him] two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea, and seventy horsemen, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
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And provide [for them] beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring [him] safe to Felix the governor.
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And he wrote a letter after this manner:
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Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor Felix, [sendeth] greeting.
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This man was taken by the Jews, and would have been killed by them: then I came with a body of soldiers, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
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And when I would have known the cause for which they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
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Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death, or of bonds.
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And when it was told to me that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent forthwith to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also, to say before thee what [they had] against him. Farewell.