The Acts

¹⁹And the chief captain took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, What is that thou hast to tell me? ²⁰And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee to bring down Paul tomorrow unto the council, as though thou wouldest inquire somewhat more exactly concerning him. ²¹Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee. ²²So the chief captain let the young man go, charging him, Tell no man that thou hast signified these things to me. ²³And he called unto him two of the centurions, and said, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night: ²⁴and he bade them provide beasts, that they might set Paul thereon, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor. ²⁵And he wrote a letter after this form: