24andhe badethemprovidebeasts,thattheymight setPaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972thereon,andbringhimsafe untoFelixΦήλικαPhēlikaG5344thegovernorἡγεμόνα·hēgemonaG2232. 25AndhewroteG1125aletterἐπιστολὴνepistolēnG1992afterthisform: 27ThismanἄνδραandraG435wasG1510seizedbytheJewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōnG2453,andwasG1510abouttobeG1510slainofthem,whenIcameἐπιστὰςepistasG2186uponthemwiththesoldiersandrescuedhim, havinglearnedμαθὼνmathōnG3129thathewasG1510aRomanῬωμαῖόςRhōmaiosG4514. 28AnddesiringtoknowἐπιγνῶναιepignōnaiG1921thecauseG156whereforetheyaccusedhim,IbroughtG2609himdownκατήγαγονkatēgagonG2609untotheircouncilσυνέδριονsunedrionG4892: 29whomIfoundG2147tobeaccusedaboutquestionsζητημάτωνzētēmatōnG2213oftheirlawνόμουnomouG3551,buttohavenothingG3367laidtohischargeworthyἄξιονaxionG514ofdeathθανάτουthanatouG2288orofbonds. 30AndwhenitwasG1510showntomethattherewouldbeG1510aplotἐπιβουλῆςepiboulēsG1917againstthemanἄνδραandraG435,IsentG3992himtothee forthwith, charginghisaccusersκατηγόροιςkatēgoroisG2725alsoκαὶkaiG2532tospeakλέγεινlegeinG3004againsthimbeforethee. 31SothesoldiersστρατιῶταιstratiōtaiG4757,asitwascommandedG1299them,tookG353PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972andbroughtG71himbynightνυκτὸςnuktosG3571toAntipatris. 32ButonthemorrowtheyleftthehorsemenἱππεῖςhippeisG2460togoἀπέρχεσθαιaperchesthaiG565withhim,andreturnedὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanG5290tothecastle: 33andthey,whentheycameG1525toCæsareaanddeliveredtheletterἐπιστολὴνepistolēnG1992tothegovernorἡγεμόνιhēgemoniG2232,presentedπαρέστησανparestēsanG3936PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972alsoG2532beforehim. 34AndwhenhehadreadἀναγνοὺςanagnousG314it,heaskedἐπερωτήσαςeperōtēsasG1905ofwhatprovinceἐπαρχείαςeparcheiasG1885hewasG1510;andwhenheunderstoodthathewasG1510ofCiliciaΚιλικίας,KilikiasG2791, 35Iwillhear thee fully,saidἔφη,ephēG5346he,whenὅτανhotanG3752thineaccusersκατήγοροίkatēgoroiG2725alsoκαὶkaiG2532arecomeG3854:andhecommandedκελεύσαςkeleusasG2753himtobekeptG5442inHerod’spalace. Read all of Acts 23American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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