23
Then he summoned two of the centurions and said, "Get ready to leave by nine o'clock tonight for Caesarea with two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen.
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Also provide mounts for Paul to ride, and take him safely to Felix the governor."
25
He wrote a letter to this effect:
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"Claudius Lysias to his Excellency the governor Felix, greetings.
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This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, but when I had learned that he was a Roman citizen, I came with the guard and rescued him.
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Since I wanted to know the charge for which they accused him, I had him brought to their council.
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I found that he was accused concerning questions of their law, but was charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.
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When I was informed that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him. "
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So the soldiers, according to their instructions, took Paul and brought him during the night to Antipatris.
32
The next day they let the horsemen go on with him, while they returned to the barracks.
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When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him.