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And he called to him two of the centurions and said, "Get two hundred soldiers ready by ^(F1)the third hour of the night to proceed to ^(C1)Caesarea, ^(F2)with seventy horsemen and two hundred ^(F3)spearmen."

They were also to provide mounts to put Paul on and bring him safely to ^(C1)Felix the governor.

And he wrote a letter ^(F1)with the following content:

"Claudius Lysias, to the ^(C1)most excellent governor Felix: ^(C2)Greetings.

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When this man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, ^(C1)I came up to them with the troops and rescued him, ^(C2)after learning that he was a Roman.

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And ^(C1)wanting to ascertain the basis for the charges they were bringing against him, I ^(C2)brought him down to their ^(F1)(C3)Council;

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and I found that he was being accused regarding ^(C1)questions in their Law, but ^(F1)was ^(C2)not charged with anything deserving death or ^(F2)imprisonment.

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When I was ^(C1)informed that there would be ^(C2)a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, also instructing ^(C3)his accusers to ^(F1)bring charges against him before you."

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So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

But on the next day they let ^(C1)the horsemen go on with him, and they returned to ^(C2)the barracks.

When these horsemen had come to ^(C1)Caesarea and delivered the letter to ^(C2)the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

Now when he had read it, he also asked from what ^(C1)province Paul was, and when he learned that ^(C2)he was from Cilicia,

he said, "I will give you a hearing when your ^(C1)accusers arrive as well," giving orders for ^(F1)Paul to be ^(C2)kept in Herod's ^(F2)Praetorium.

Now after ^(C1)five days the high priest ^(C2)Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they ^(F1)brought charges against Paul to ^(C3)the governor.

After ^(F1)Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began accusing him, saying to the governor, "Since we have attained great peace through you, and since reforms are being carried out for this nation by your foresight,

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we acknowledge this in every way and everywhere, ^(C1)most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.

"But, that I may not ^(F1)weary you further, I beg you ^(F2)to grant us a brief hearing, by your kindness.

"For we have found this man a public menace and one who stirs up dissensions among all the Jews throughout ^(F1)the world, and a ringleader of the ^(C1)sect of the Nazarenes.

"And he even tried to ^(C1)desecrate the temple, so indeed we arrested him.^(F1)

By interrogating him yourself concerning all these matters, you will be able to ascertain the things of which we are accusing him."

^(C1)The Jews also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so.