25 He wrote a letter of this kind:
26 Claudius Lysias,To the most excellent governor Felix:Greetings.
27 When this man had been seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, I arrived with my troops and rescued him because I learned that he is a Roman citizen.
28 Wanting to know the charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down before their Sanhedrin.
29 I found out that the accusations were about disputed matters in their law, and that there was no charge that merited death or chains.
30 When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you right away. I also ordered his accusers to state their case against him in your presence.
31 Therefore, the soldiers took Paul during the night and brought him to Antipatris as they were ordered.