Paul Sent to Felix

23 Then he called two of [his] centurions [and] said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.[fn] 24 Provide mounts [for] Paul to take [him] safely to Governor Felix.” 25 [And] he wrote the following letter:

26 Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.

27 This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill [him] when I came with [my] troops to rescue [him]. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen, 28 and since I wanted to understand [their] charges [against] him, I brought [him] down to their Sanhedrin. 29 I found that the accusation involved questions [about] their [own] law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.

30 [When] I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent [him] to you at once. I also instructed [his] accusers to present [their case] against him before you.

31 So the soldiers followed their orders [and] brought Paul by night to Antipatris. 32 The next day they returned to the barracks [and] let the horsemen go on with him. 33 [When the horsemen] arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.

34 [The governor] read [the letter] and asked what province [Paul] was from. Learning that [he was] from Cilicia, 35 he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive Then he ordered that [Paul] be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.