23. Then he summoned two centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred infantrymen, seventy mounted soldiers, and two hundred light infantrymen with spears to go to Caesarea at the third hour of the night.
24. And provide mounts so Paul may ride and take him safely to Felix the governor.”
25. He wrote a letter that went like this:
26. Claudius Lysias,To His Excellency Governor Felix:Greetings.
27. This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them. When I learned that he was a Roman citizen, I came with soldiers and rescued him.
28. Being minded to learn what crime they alleged, I took him to their Sanhedrin.
29. I found him being accused of controversial matters about their law, but charged with nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.
30. When it was revealed to me that there was a plot against the man, at once I sent him to you and ordered the accusers to state before you their charges against him.Farewell.