22. “Don’t let anyone know you told me this,” the commander warned the young man.
23. Then the commander called two of his officers and ordered, “Get 200 soldiers ready to leave for Caesarea at nine o’clock tonight. Also take 200 spearmen and 70 mounted troops.
24. Provide horses for Paul to ride, and get him safely to Governor Felix.”
25. Then he wrote this letter to the governor:
26. “From Claudius Lysias, to his Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings!
27. “This man was seized by some Jews, and they were about to kill him when I arrived with the troops. When I learned that he was a Roman citizen, I removed him to safety.
28. Then I took him to their high council to try to learn the basis of the accusations against him.
29. I soon discovered the charge was something regarding their religious law—certainly nothing worthy of imprisonment or death.