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Then the commander took him by the hand, went aside and asked privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?
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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.