MNT(i)
12 When day dawned the Jews made a conspiracy, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
13 And there were more than forty who had sworn this oath.
14 They went to the high priests and elders, and said to them. "We have bound ourselves by a solemn oath to eat nothing until we have killed Paul.
15 "Now do you and the Sanhedrin ask the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you would judge his case more exactly; and we are ready to kill him, before he comes near the place."
16 But Paul's sister's son heard of their intended attack, and he went and got into the barracks, and told Paul.
17 And Paul called one of the centurions, and said, "Take this young man to the tribune, for he has something to tell him."
18 So he took him, and brought his to the tribune, and said, "Paul, the prisoner, called me to him, and begged me to bring this young man to you, because he has something to tell you."
19 And the tribune took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?"
20 "The Jews," he answered, "have agreed to ask you to bring down Paul tomorrow to the Sanhedrin, as though they wish to examine his case in detail.
21 "Now do not let them persuade, for more than forty men are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse, not to eat nor drink until they have killed him; even now they are all ready, awaiting your consent."
22 So the tribune sent the young man home with the injunction, "Tell no man that you have given me this information."
23 Then he called two centurions to him and said: "Get ready by nine o'clock tonight two hundred infantry to march as far as Caesarea, and also seventy troopers and two hundred spearmen."
24 He further ordered them to provide horses on which to mount Paul, so as to bring him safely to Felix, the governor.
25 He also wrote a letter in the following terms.
26 "Claudius Lysais unto the Most Excellent Governor Felix, greeting.
27 "This man Paul had been seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon them with the troops, and rescued him, as I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.
28 "Anxious to find out why they had accused him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.
29 "Here I learned that he was accused about questions of their law, but was not charged with anything worthy of death or imprisonment.
30 "Now when I received information that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him at once to you, charging his accusers also to speak against him before you."