Acts 23:10-24 And as the tumult increased, the commander, apprehensive that Paul might be torn in pieces by them, ordered the army to march down and take him from among them and bring him into the castle.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁰ And as the tumult increased, the commander, apprehensive that Paul might be torn in pieces by them, ordered the army to march down and take him from among them and bring him into the castle. ¹¹ Now the night following, the Lord standing by him said, "Paul be of good courage; for as thou hast testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so thou must bear witness at Rome also." ¹² And in the course of the day some of the Jews, having entered into a conspiracy, bound themselves by the solemn Anathema, saying they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. ¹³ And there were more than forty who took this oath, ¹⁴ and who went to the chief priests and elders and said, We have bound ourselves by the solemn Anathema not to taste any thing till we have slain Paul. ¹⁵ Now therefore do you with the Sanhedrim make application to the commander that he may bring him down to you to morrow, as being about to examine his affair more minutely. And as for us, before he come near, we are prepared to kill him. ¹⁶ But Paul's sister's son hearing of the plot, went to the castle and being admitted told Paul. ¹⁷ Whereupon Paul called one of the centurions and said, Introduce this young man to the commander, for he hath something to tell him. ¹⁸ He therefore took him along and conducting him to the commander said, Paul the prisoner called me to him, and desired me to introduce to thee this young man who hath something to tell thee. ¹⁹ Thereupon the commander took him by the hand, and retiring to a private place asked, What is it that thou hast to tell me? ²⁰ And he said, The Jews have agreed to request thee to bring down Paul to morrow to the Sanhedrim, under a pretence of making some more minute inquiry concerning him; ²¹ but be not prevailed on by them; for there are more than forty men of them in ambush, who have bound themselves by a solemn anathema not to eat nor drink, till they have killed him, and they are now ready, expecting this promise from thee. ²² Upon this the commander dismissed the young man with this charge, Tell no one that thou hast given me this information. ²³ Then calling two of the centurions he said, Get ready 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 that they may mount Paul and conduct him safe to Felix the general.