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Butdonotthouyield unto them:for there lie in wait forhimofthem more thanfortymen,which have boundthemselves with an oath, that they willneithereatnordrinktillthey have killedhim:andnow are theyready, looking for a promisefromthee.
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Sothe chief captain then let the young mandepart, and charged him, See thou tell no manthat thou hast shewed these thingstome.
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And he called untohimtwocenturions,saying, Make ready two hundredsoldierstogotoCaesarea,andhorsemen threescore and ten,andspearmen two hundred,at the thirdhour of the night;
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Andprovide them beasts,that they may setPaulon, and bring him safeuntoFelix the governor.
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ClaudiusLysias unto the most excellentgovernorFelix sendeth greeting.
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Thisman was takenof the Jews,andshould have been killedofthem: then came Iwith an army, and rescuedhim, having understoodthat he was a Roman.
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Andwhen I would have known the causewhereforetheyaccusedhim, I broughthimforthintotheircouncil:
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Whom I perceived to be accusedofquestions of theirlaw,but to havenothing laid to his chargeworthy of deathor of bonds.
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And when it was toldme how that the Jews laid wait**for the man, I sentstraightwaytothee, and gave commandment to his accusersalso to saybeforethee what they had againsthim.Farewell.
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Thenthesoldiers,as it was commandedthem,tookPaul, and brought him bynighttoAntipatris.