19. The commander took the young man aside and asked him in private, “What do you want to tell me?”
20. He answered, “Some men are planning to ask you to bring Paul down to the Jewish council tomorrow. They will claim that they want to find out more about him.
21. But please don't do what they say. More than forty men are going to attack Paul. They have made a vow not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him. Even now they are waiting to hear what you decide.”
22. The commander sent the young man away after saying to him, “Don't let anyone know that you told me this.”
23. The commander called in two of his officers and told them, “By nine o'clock tonight have two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea. Take along seventy men on horseback and two hundred foot soldiers with spears.
24. Get a horse ready for Paul and make sure that he gets safely through to Felix the governor.”
25. The commander wrote a letter that said: