16. Now when Rav Sha'ul's achyon (nephew) heard about the ma'arav (ambush), he went and gained entrance into the barracks and reported this to Rav Sha'ul.
17. And Rav Sha'ul summoned one of the centurions and said, "Bring this bochur to the tribune for he has something to report to him."
18. So the centurion took the bochur and brought him to the tribune and says, "The prisoner Rav Sha'ul has summoned me and asked me to bring this bochur to you; he has something to say to you."
19. The tribune grasped the bochur's hand and drew him aside privately, inquiring, "What is it you have to report to me?"
20. And the bochur said, "The Judeans agreed to ask you to bring Rav Sha'ul down machar (tomorrow) to the Sanhedrin as if intending to inquire something more accurate concerning him.
21. "Therefore, you should not be persuaded by them, for more than arba'im anashim are lying in wait for him and these took a shevu'ah upon themselves neither to eat nor to drink until they have assassinated him, and now they are ready, waiting for your consent."
22. Therefore, the tribune dismissed the bochur, ordering him, "Tell no one that you reported these things to me."
23. And having summoned two of the centurions, the tribune said, "Prepare to leave for Caesarea by nine o'clock tonight the following: two hundred chaiyalim, seventy horsemen, and two hundred bowmen.
24. "And also provide mounts for Rav Sha'ul to ride, that he may be given safe passage to Felix the Moshel."
25. Then the tribune wrote an iggeret to this effect:
26. "Claudius Lysias to the most excellent Moshel, Felix. Greetings.
27. "This man was seized by the Judeans and was about to be killed by them, but when I learned that he is a Roman citizen, I came with the chaiyalim and rescued him.
28. "Desiring to have da'as of the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.
29. "I found he was being accused about issues of their Torah and the charge was nothing worthy of mavet or of imprisonment.