Acts 23:23-35

23ThenG2532 he calledG4341 twoG1417 ofG3588 his centurionsG1543 and saidG2036, “PrepareG2090 two hundredG1250 soldiersG4757, seventyG1440 horsemenG2460, andG2532 two hundredG1250 spearmenG1187 toG3704 goG4198 toG2193 CaesareaG2542 inG575 the thirdG5154 hourG5610 of theG3588 nightG3571.1 24ProvideG3936 mountsG2934 for PaulG3972 to take him safelyG1295 toG4314 GovernorG2232 FelixG5344.” 25And he wroteG1125 the followingG3778 letterG1992:

26ClaudiusG2804 LysiasG3079,

ToG3588 His ExcellencyG2903, GovernorG2232 FelixG5344:

GreetingsG5463.

27ThisG3778 manG435 was seizedG4815 byG5259 theG3588 JewsG2453, andG2532 theyG846 were aboutG3195 to killG337 him when I cameG2186 withG4862 my troopsG4753 to rescueG1807 him. For I had learnedG3129 thatG3754 he isG1510 a Roman citizenG4514, 28andG5037 since I wantedG1014 to understandG1921 their chargesG156 against himG846, I brought him downG2609 toG1519 theirG846 SanhedrinG4892. 29I found thatG2147 the accusationG1458 involvedG4012 questionsG2213 about theirG846 own lawG3551, butG1161 there wasG2192 noG3367 chargeG1462 worthyG514 of deathG2288 orG2228 imprisonmentG1199.

30When IG1473 was informed thatG3377 there wasG1510 a plotG1917 againstG1519 theG3588 manG435, I sentG3992 him toG4314 youG4771 at onceG1824. I also instructedG2532G3853 his accusersG2725 to presentG3004 their case againstG4314 himG846 beforeG1909 youG4771.

31SoG3767 theG3588 soldiersG4757 followed their ordersG2596G3588G1299G846 and broughtG353G71 PaulG3972 byG1223 nightG3571 toG1519 AntipatrisG494. 32TheG3588 next dayG1887 they returnedG5290 toG1519 theG3588 barracksG3925 and letG1439 theG3588 horsemenG2460 go onG565 withG4862 himG846. 33When the horsemen arrivedG1525 inG1519 CaesareaG2542, they deliveredG325 theG3588 letterG1992 to theG3588 governorG2232 andG2532 presentedG3936 PaulG3972 to himG846.

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The governor readG314 the letter andG2532 askedG1905 whatG4169 provinceG1885 Paul wasG1510 fromG1537. LearningG4441 thatG3754 he was fromG575 CiliciaG2791, 35he saidG5346, “I will hear your caseG1251G4771 whenG3752 yourG4771 accusersG2725 arriveG3854.” Then he ordered thatG2753 Paul be kept under guardG5442 inG1722 Herod’sG2264 PraetoriumG4232.