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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Then, calling to him two of the Captains, he gave his orders. "Get ready two hundred men," he said, "to march to Caesarea, with seventy cavalry and two hundred light infantry, starting at nine o'clock to-night."
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He further told them to provide horses to mount Paul on, so as to bring him safely to Felix the Governor.
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He also wrote a letter of which these were the contents:
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"Claudius Lysias to his Excellency, Felix the Governor: all good wishes.
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This man Paul had been seized by the Jews, and they were on the point of killing him, when I came upon them with the troops and rescued him, for I had been informed that he was a Roman citizen.
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