Acts 23:10-26

¹⁰And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.

¹¹And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.

¹²And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.

¹³And more than forty of them took this oath.

¹⁴And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to death

¹⁵So now, will you and the Sanhedrin make a request to the military authorities to have him sent down to you, as if you were desiring to go into the business in greater detail; and we, before ever he gets to you, will be waiting to put him to death.

¹⁶But Paul's sister's son had word of their design, and he came into the army building and gave news of it to Paul.

¹⁷And Paul sent for a captain and said, Take this young man to your chief, for he has news for him.

¹⁸So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you.

¹⁹And the chief took him by the hand and, going on one side, said to him privately, What is it you have to say to me?

²⁰And he said, The Jews are in agreement together to make a request to you for Paul to be taken, on the day after this, into the Sanhedrin, to be questioned in greater detail.

²¹But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order.

²²So the chief captain let the young man go, saying to him, Do not say to anyone that you have given me word of these things.

²³And he sent for two captains and said, Make ready two hundred men, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, to go to Caesarea, at the third hour of the night:

²⁴And get beasts so that they may put Paul on them, and take him safely to Felix, the ruler.

²⁵And he sent a letter in these words:

²⁶Claudius Lysias, to the most noble ruler, Felix, peace be with you.