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20 And he said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down tomorrow to the Council, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more thoroughly about him.
21 But do not yield to them; for more than forty of them are waiting in ambush for him, having bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you."
22 So the commander dismissed the young man, instructing him, "Tell no one that you have informed me of this."
23 Then he called two of the centurions and said, "At the third hour of the night get ready two hundred soldiers with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea.
24 Also provide mounts for Paul to ride, and bring him safely to Felix the governor."
25 And he wrote a letter having this form:
26 "Claudius Lysias, to His Excellency, Governor Felix: greetings.
27 This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon them with the troops and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.
28 And desiring to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their council.
29 I found that he was accused over questions about their Law, but there was no accusation against him deserving death or imprisonment.
30 And when I was informed that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, also instructing his accusers to bring charges against him before you."
31 So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
32 But the next day, leaving the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the barracks.
33 When these had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.
34 When he had read the letter, he asked from what province he was, and when he learned that he was from Cilicia,
35 he said, "I will hear you when your accusers arrive also." And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.