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.
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He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, "Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night."
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He asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix, the governor.
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"Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.
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"This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came on them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.