25. Then he wrote this letter to the governor:
26. “From Claudius Lysias, to his Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings!
27. “This man was seized by some Jews, and they were about to kill him when I arrived with the troops. When I learned that he was a Roman citizen, I removed him to safety.
28. Then I took him to their high council to try to learn the basis of the accusations against him.
29. I soon discovered the charge was something regarding their religious law—certainly nothing worthy of imprisonment or death.
30. But when I was informed of a plot to kill him, I immediately sent him on to you. I have told his accusers to bring their charges before you.”
31. So that night, as ordered, the soldiers took Paul as far as Antipatris.