24. and he bade them provide beasts, that they might set Paul thereon, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
25. And he wrote a letter after this form:
26. Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.
27. This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be slain of them, when I came upon them with the soldiers, and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.
28. And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council: