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.”
23. He summoned two of his centurions and said, “Get 200 soldiers ready with 70 cavalry and 200 spearmen to go to Caesarea at nine tonight.
24. Also provide mounts so they can put Paul on them and bring him safely to Felix the governor.”
25. He wrote a letter of this kind:
26. Claudius Lysias,To the most excellent governor Felix:Greetings.
27. When this man had been seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, I arrived with my troops and rescued him because I learned that he is a Roman citizen.
28. Wanting to know the charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down before their Sanhedrin.
29. I found out that the accusations were about disputed matters in their law, and that there was no charge that merited death or chains.
30. When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you right away. I also ordered his accusers to state their case against him in your presence.
31. Therefore, the soldiers took Paul during the night and brought him to Antipatris as they were ordered.
32. The next day, they returned to the barracks, allowing the cavalry to go on with him.
33. When these men entered Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.