Acts:23:23-35

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* And he called unto (5666 ) him two centurions , saying (5627 ), Make ready (5657 ) two hundred soldiers to go (5680 ) to Caesarea , and horsemen threescore and ten , and spearmen two hundred , at the third hour of the night ; * And provide (5658 ) them beasts , that they may set Paul on (5660 ), and bring him safe (5661 ) unto Felix the governor . * And he wrote (5660 ) a letter after (5723 ) this manner : * Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting (5721 ). * This man was taken (5685 ) of the Jews , and should (5723 ) have been killed (5745 ) of them : then came I (5631 ) with an army , and rescued (5639 ) him , having understood (5631 ) that he was (5748 ) a Roman . * And when I would (5740 ) have known (5629 ) the cause wherefore they accused (5707 ) him , I brought him forth (5627 ) into their council : * Whom I perceived (5627 ) to be accused (5746 ) of questions of their law , but to have (5723 ) nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds . * And when it was told (5685 ) me how that the Jews laid wait (5721 ) (5705 ) for the man , I sent (5656 ) straightway to thee , and gave commandment (5660 ) to his accusers also to say (5721 ) before thee what they had against him . Farewell (5770 ). * Then the soldiers , as it was commanded (5772 ) them , took (5631 ) Paul , and brought (5627 ) him by night to Antipatris . * On the morrow they left (5660 ) the horsemen to go (5738 ) with him , and returned (5656 ) to the castle : * Who , when they came (5631 ) to Caesarea , and delivered (5631 ) the epistle to the governor , presented (5656 ) Paul also before him . * And when the governor had read (5631 ) the letter , he asked (5660 ) of what province he was (5748 ). And when he understood (5637 ) that he was of Cilicia ; * I will hear (5695 ) thee , said he (5713 ), when thine accusers are also come (5638 ). And he commanded (5656 ) him to be kept (5733 ) in Herods judgment hall .

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