He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night.”†
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 23:23 in context
Acts 23:20–26
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He said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though intending to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him.
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Therefore don’t yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse to neither eat nor drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you.”
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So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.”
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He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night.”†
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He asked them to provide mounts, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.
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He wrote a letter like this:
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“Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.
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