24. Also provide mounts so they can put Paul on them and bring him safely to Felix the governor.”
25. He wrote a letter of this kind:
26. Claudius Lysias,To the most excellent governor Felix:Greetings.
27. When this man had been seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, I arrived with my troops and rescued him because I learned that he is a Roman citizen.
28. Wanting to know the charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down before their Sanhedrin.
29. I found out that the accusations were about disputed matters in their law, and that there was no charge that merited death or chains.
30. When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you right away. I also ordered his accusers to state their case against him in your presence.