ACTS

Paul Sent to Caesarea

Pastor Scott Brenner Acts 23:23-35
[23:23] And he called for two centurions, saying, "Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at the third hour of the night;
[23:24] "and provide mounts to set Paul on, and bring him safely to Felix the governor."
[23:25] He wrote a letter in the following manner：
[23:26] Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor Felix： Greetings.
[23:27] This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them. Coming with the troops I rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.
[23:28] And when I wanted to know the reason they accused him, I brought him before their council.
[23:29] I found out that he was accused concerning questions of their law, but had nothing charged against him deserving of death or chains.
[23:30] And when it was told me that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him immediately to you, and also commanded his accusers to state before you the charges against him. Farewell.
[23:31] Then the soldiers, as they were commanded, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
[23:32] The next day they left the horsemen to go on with him, and returned to the barracks.
[23:33] When they came to Caesarea and had delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.
[23:34] And when the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. And when he understood that he was from Cilicia,
[23:35] he said, "I will hear you when your accusers also have come." And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.
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