Acts 23:25-35

²⁵And he wrote a letter with the following content:

²⁶“Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.

²⁷When this man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, I came up to them with the troops and rescued him, after learning that he was a Roman. ²⁸And wanting to ascertain the basis for the charges they were bringing against him, I brought him down to their Council; ²⁹and I found that he was being accused regarding questions in their Law, but was not charged with anything deserving death or imprisonment.

³⁰When I was informed that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, also instructing his accusers to bring charges against him before you.”

³¹So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. ³²But on the next day they let the horsemen go on with him, and they returned to the barracks. ³³When these horsemen had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him. ³⁴Now when he had read it, he also asked from what province Paul was, and when he learned that he was from Cilicia, ³⁵he said, “I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive as well,” giving orders for Paul to be kept in Herod’s Praetorium.