19. And the commander, having taken him by the hand, went aside by themselves and asked, “What is it that you have to report to me?”
20. And he said, “The Yehuḏim have agreed to ask that you bring Sha’ul down to the council tomorrow, as intending to inquire more exactly about him.
21. “Therefore, do not let them persuade you, for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, men who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”
22. Then the commander dismissed the young man, having commanded him, “Inform no one that you reported this to me.”
23. And having called near a certain two captains, he said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, after the third hour of the night,
24. and provide beasts, on which to place Sha’ul, and bring him safely to Felix the governor,”
25. having written a letter in this form:
26. Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.
27. This man, having been seized by the Yehuḏim, and being about to be killed by them, I rescued, having come with the body of soldiers, having learned that he was a Roman.
28. And, desiring to know the reason they accused him, I brought him before their council.
29. I found out that he was accused concerning questions of their Torah, but there was no charge against him deserving death or chains.
30. And when I was informed that there was to be a plot against the man by the Yehuḏim, I sent him immediately to you, having also commanded his accusers to state before you the charges against him. Be strong!
31. So the soldiers, as they were commanded, took Sha’ul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
32. And on the next day they left the horsemen to go on with him, and returned to the barracks,
33. who, having come to Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Sha’ul to him.
34. And the governor, having read it, and having asked of what province he was, and being informed that he was from Kilikia,
35. said, “I shall hear you when your accusers arrive also.” And he commanded him to be kept in Herodes’ palace.