19. The tribune took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”
20. And he said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more closely about him.
21. But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for your consent.”
22. So the tribune dismissed the young man, charging him, “Tell no one that you have informed me of these things.”
23. Then he called two of the centurions and said, “Get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea at the third hour of the night.
24. Also provide mounts for Paul to ride and bring him safely to Felix the governor.”
25. And he wrote a letter to this effect: