Living_Oracles(i)
12 And when it was day, some of the Jews, entering into a conspiracy, bound themselves with a curse; saying, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
13 And they were more than forty, who had made this agreement.
14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves m by a solemn anathema, not to taste anything till we have slain Paul:
15 now, therefore, do you, with the Sanhedrim, signify to the commander, that he bring him down to you, as if you would more accurately discuss what relates to him; and we are ready to kill him, before he can come near you.
16 But Paul's sister's son, hearing of the ambush, came, and entering into the castle, told Paul.
17 And Paul, calling one of the centurions to him, said, Conduct this young man to the commander, for he has something to tell him.
18 He, therefore, took and led him to the commander, and said, Paul, the prisoner, calling me to him, desired that I would bring to you this young man, who has something to tell you.
19 And the commander, taking him by the hand, and leading him into a retired place, inquired of him, What is it that you have to tell me?
20 And he said, The Jews have agreed together to ask you, that you bring down Paul to-morrow to the Sanhedrim, as if they would inquire something more accurately concerning him.
21 But do not be prevailed on by them; for there are more than forty of them, that lie in ambush for him, who have bound themselves by a curse, neither to eat nor drink, till they have killed him; and they are now ready, expecting this promise from you.
22 The commander, therefore, dismissed the young man, with a charge, Be sure you tell no man, that you have discovered these things to me.
23 And he called too him two of the centurions, and said, Prepare two hundred soldiers, to go to Caesarea; and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen; by the third hour of the night;
24 and provide beasts to set Paul upon, and conduct him in safety to Felix, the governor.
25 And he wrote an epistle, the contents of which are in this copy:
26 Claudius Lysias, to his excellency, Felix, the governor, sends greeting:
27 This man was seized by the Jews, and had like to have been slain by them; when I came with a party of soldiers, and rescued him: and I have since learned, that he is a Roman.
28 And, desiring to know the crime of which they accused him, I brought him before the Sanhedrim,
29 whom I found to be accused concerning questions of their law, but to have nothing charged upon him worthy of death, or of bonds.
30 But when it was signified to me, that an ambush would be laid for the man, by the Jews, I immediately sent him to you, commanding his accusers also to declare before you, what they have against him. Farewell.