Acts 23:25

25 And he wrote a letter after this manner:

Acts 23:25 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 23:25

And he wrote a letter after this manner.
] The chief captain wrote a letter to Felix the governor, the form and sum of which were as follow; this letter he sent by one of the centurions to him.

Acts 23:25 In-Context

23 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;

24 And provide [for them] beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring [him] safe to Felix the governor.

25 And he wrote a letter after this manner:

26 Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor Felix, [sendeth] greeting.

27 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.