19. Then the tribune, taking him by the hand, withdrew with him by themselves, and he asked him: "What is it that you have to tell me?"
20. Then he said: "The Jews have met to ask you to bring Paul tomorrow to the council, as if they intended to question him about something else.
21. But truly, you should not believe them, for they would ambush him with more than forty men from among them, who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat, nor to drink, until they have put him to death. And they are now prepared, hoping for an affirmation from you."
22. And then the tribune dismissed the young man, instructing him not to tell anyone that he had made known these things to him.
23. Then, having called two centurions, he said to them: "Prepare two hundred soldiers, so that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, for the third hour of the night.
24. And prepare beasts of burden to carry Paul, so that they may lead him safely to Felix, the governor."
25. For he was afraid, lest perhaps the Jews might seize him and kill him, and that afterwards he would be falsely accused, as if he had accepted a bribe. And so he wrote a letter containing the following:
26. "Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor, Felix: greetings.
27. This man, having been apprehended by the Jews and being about to be put to death by them, I rescued, overwhelming them with soldiers, since I realized that he is a Roman.
28. And wanting to know the reason that they objected to him, I brought him into their council.
29. And I discovered him to be accused about questions of their law. Yet truly, nothing deserving of death or imprisonment was within the accusation.
30. And when I had been given news of ambushes, which they had prepared against him, I sent him to you, notifying his accusers also, so that they may plead their accusations before you. Farewell."
31. Therefore the soldiers, taking Paul according to their orders, brought him by night to Antipatris.
32. And the next day, sending the horsemen to go with him, they returned to the fortress.