Acts 23:12-27 Then when it was day, the Jews having made a conspiracy, put themselves under an oath, declaring neither to eat nor to drink until they should kill Paul.

BLB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² Then when it was day, the Jews having made a conspiracy, put themselves under an oath, declaring neither to eat nor to drink until they should kill Paul. ¹³ Now there were more than forty having made this conspiracy, ¹⁴ who, having come to the chief priests and the elders, said, “We have bound ourselves with an oath to eat nothing until we should kill Paul. ¹⁵ Now therefore you with the Council make a report to the commander, so that he might bring him down to you, as being about to examine more earnestly the things about him. And we are ready to kill him before his drawing near.” ¹⁶ But the son of Paul’s sister, having heard of the ambush, having come near and having entered into the barracks, reported it to Paul. ¹⁷ Then Paul, having summoned one of the centurions, was saying, “Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to report to him.” ¹⁸ So indeed the one having taken him brought him to the commander, and he says, “Paul the prisoner, having called to me, asked me to lead this young man to you, having something to say to you.” ¹⁹ Then the commander, having taken hold of his hand and having withdrawn in private, began to inquire, “What is it that you have to report to me?” ²⁰ And he said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you that you might bring down Paul into the Council tomorrow, as being about to inquire something more earnestly about him. ²¹ You therefore should not be persuaded by them. For more than forty of their men lie in wait for him, who have put themselves under an oath neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him; and now they are ready, awaiting the promise from you.” ²² So indeed the commander dismissed the young man, having instructed him, “Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.” ²³ And having summoned certain two of the centurions, he said, “Prepare for the third hour of the night two hundred soldiers and seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, so that they might go as far as Caesarea, ²⁴ and provide mounts, so that having set Paul upon them, they might bring him safely to Felix the governor,” ²⁵ having written a letter having this form: ²⁶ “Claudius Lysias, To the most excellent, governor Felix: Greetings. ²⁷ This man having been seized by the Jews and being about to be killed by them, having come up with the troop, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman.