19. Then the commander took him by the hand, led him aside, and inquired privately, “What is it you have to report to me? ”
20. “The Jews,” he said, “have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin tomorrow, as though they are going to hold a somewhat more careful inquiry about him.
21. Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than 40 of them arranging to ambush him, men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they kill him. Now they are ready, waiting for a commitment from you.”
22. So the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him, “Don’t tell anyone that you have informed me about this.”