Acts 23:12-24

Riverside(i) 12 When it was day, the Jews made a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty who had taken this oath. 14 They came to the high priests and elders and said, "We have bound ourselves by an oath to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. 15 Now therefore you and the Council must ask the Tribune to bring him down to you, as if you were going to inquire more exactly about him, and we, before he comes near, will be ready to put him out of the way." 16 But the son of Paul's sister heard of the ambush, and he came and entered the barracks and told Paul. 17 Paul called to him one of the centurions and said, "Take this young man to the Tribune, for he has something to tell him." 18 He took him and led him to the Tribune and said, "Paul, the prisoner, called me and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to say to you." 19 The Tribune took him by the hand and led him aside and asked, "What is it that you have to tell me?" 20 He said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to-morrow to the Council to inquire something more exactly about him. 21 But do not yield to them, for more than forty men of them are lying in ambush, and they have taken an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him, and now they are ready, expecting a promise from you." 22 The Tribune dismissed the young man after charging him; "Tell no one that you have revealed this to me." 23 Then calling to him two of the centurions he said, "Prepare two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, at nine o'clock to-night." 24 They were to provide animals for Paul to ride and take him safely to Felix the Governor.