22. The commander sent the young man away after saying to him, “Don't let anyone know that you told me this.”
23. The commander called in two of his officers and told them, “By nine o'clock tonight have two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea. Take along seventy men on horseback and two hundred foot soldiers with spears.
24. Get a horse ready for Paul and make sure that he gets safely through to Felix the governor.”
25. The commander wrote a letter that said:
26. Greetings from Claudius Lysias to the Honourable Governor Felix:
27. Some Jews grabbed this man and were about to kill him. But when I found out that he was a Roman citizen, I took some soldiers and rescued him.
28. I wanted to find out what they had against him. So I brought him before their council
29. and learnt that the charges concern only their religious laws. This man isn't guilty of anything for which he should die or even be put in jail.
30. As soon as I learnt that there was a plot against him, I sent him to you and told their leaders to bring charges against him in your court.