24. Provide some horses for Paul to ride and get him safely through to the governor Felix.”
25. Then the commander wrote a letter that went like this:
26. “Claudius Lysias to His Excellency, the governor Felix: Greetings.
27. The Jews seized this man and were about to kill him. I learnt that he was a Roman citizen, so I went with my soldiers and rescued him.
28. I wanted to know what they were accusing him of, so I took him down to their Council.