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And he said , "
The Jews have agreed to ask that you bring Paul down to the council tomorrow ,
as though they were going to inquire more fully about him .
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But do not yield to them ,
for more than forty of them lie in wait for him ,
men who have bound themselves by an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him ;
and now they are ready ,
waiting for the promise from you ."
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So the commander let the young man depart ,
and commanded him , "
Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me ."
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And he called for two centurions ,
saying , "
Prepare two hundred soldiers ,
seventy horsemen ,
and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at the third hour of the night ;
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and provide mounts to set Paul on ,
and bring him safely to Felix the governor ."
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He wrote a letter in the following manner :
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Claudius Lysias ,
To the most excellent governor Felix :
Greetings .
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This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them .
Coming with the troops I rescued him ,
having learned that he was a Roman .
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And when I wanted to know the reason they accused him ,
I brought him before their council .
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I found out that he was accused concerning questions of their law ,
but had nothing charged against him deserving of death or chains .
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And when it was told me that the Jews lay in wait for the man ,
I sent him immediately to you ,
and also commanded his accusers to state before you the charges against him .
Farewell .
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Then the soldiers ,
as they were commanded ,
took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris .
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The next day they left the horsemen to go on with him ,
and returned to the barracks .
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When they came to Caesarea and had delivered the letter to the governor ,
they also presented Paul to him .
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And when the governor had read it ,
he asked what province he was from .
And when he understood that he was from Cilicia ,
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he said , "
I will hear you when your accusers also have come ."
And he commanded him to be kept in Herod '
s Praetorium .