25. Then the commander wrote a letter that went like this:
26. “Claudius Lysias to His Excellency, the governor Felix: Greetings.
27. The Jews seized this man and were about to kill him. I learnt that he was a Roman citizen, so I went with my soldiers and rescued him.
28. I wanted to know what they were accusing him of, so I took him down to their Council.
29. I found out that he had not done anything for which he deserved to die or be put in prison; the accusation against him had to do with questions about their own law.