Acts 23:23-35
Paul Sent to Felix
23 And he called unto [him] two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
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24 And provide [them] beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring [him] safe unto Felix the governor.
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25 And he wrote a letter after this manner:
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26 Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix [sendeth] greeting.
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27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
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28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
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29 Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
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30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what [they had] against him. Farewell.
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31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought [him] by night to Antipatris.
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32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
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33 Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
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34 And when the governor had read [the letter], he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that [he was] of Cilicia;
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35 I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
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