John Gill Commentary Acts 24:7

"[But the chief captain Lysias came, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,]" — Acts 24:7 (ASV)

But the chief captain Lysias came upon us Suddenly, and at unawares, immediately, and with great haste, before they could execute their designs; which were not to judge Paul according to law, but to kill him, in the manner the zealots did.

and with great violence took him away out of our hands; for he came with an army, and rescued him, (Acts 23:27) Some copies add, "and sent him to thee"; and so the Syriac version reads.