Acts 23:15-21

¹⁵Now you, therefore, together with the council, suggest to the commander that he be brought down to you tomorrow, as though you are going to determine more accurately the things concerning him; but we, before he comes near, are prepared to kill him.”

¹⁶But when Paul's sister's son heard about the ambush, he came and entered into the barracks, and told this to Paul.

¹⁷And Paul, summoning one of the centurions, said, “Lead this young man away to the commander, for he has something to tell him.”

¹⁸Therefore taking him along, he brought him to the commander and said, “The prisoner Paul, having summoned me, asked me to bring this young man to you, for he has something to tell you.”

¹⁹And the commander, taking him by his hand, withdrew to a private place and inquired, “What is it that you have to tell me?”

²⁰And he said, “The Jews have agreed to ask that tomorrow you bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin, as though they are going to learn something more accurate concerning him.

²¹Therefore you must not be persuaded by them; for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves by a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him; and now they are prepared, waiting for the promise from you.”