Acts 23:23-33

Revised Geneva Translation

²³ And he called two certain Centurions to him, saying, “Prepare two hundred soldiers and seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at the third hour of the night.

²⁴ “And let them make horses ready. So that, being set upon, Paul he may be safely brought to Felix the Governor.”

²⁵ And he wrote a letter in this manner:

²⁶ “Claudius Lysias, to the most noble Governor Felix, sends greeting.

²⁷ “As this man was taken by the Jews, and would have been killed by them, I came upon them with a garrison, and rescued him, perceiving that he was a Roman.

²⁸ “And when I wanted to know the reason why they accused him, I brought him forth into their Council.

²⁹ “I perceived that he was accused about questions of their Law, but had no crime worthy of death, or of bonds.

³⁰ “And when it was told to me that the Jews had prepared an ambush for the man, I immediately sent him to you, and commanded his accusers to state before you the things which they had against him. Farewell.”

³¹ Then, as commanded, the soldiers took Paul by night and brought him to Antipatris.

³² And the next day, they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned into the Castle.

³³ Now when they came to Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the Governor, and also presented Paul to him.