23 Then the commander called two of his officers and said, “Get 200 soldiers ready to go to Caesarea, together with seventy horsemen and 200 spearmen, and be ready to leave by nine o'clock tonight.
24 Provide some horses for Paul to ride and get him safely through to the governor Felix.”
25 Then the commander wrote a letter that went like this:
26 “Claudius Lysias to His Excellency, the governor Felix: Greetings.
27 The Jews seized this man and were about to kill him. I learnt that he was a Roman citizen, so I went with my soldiers and rescued him.
28 I wanted to know what they were accusing him of, so I took him down to their Council.
29 I found out that he had not done anything for which he deserved to die or be put in prison; the accusation against him had to do with questions about their own law.