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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.