The Jews Are Ready to Kill a Young Man Before He Comes Near

More than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves by an oath, neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready waiting for your consent. So the tribune dismissed the young man, charging him tell no one that you have informed me of these things. Then he called two of the centurions and said, get ready 200 soldiers with 70 horsemen and 200 spearmen to go as far as caesarea at the third hour of the night. Also provide mounts for paul to ride and bring him safely to felix, the governor. Claudius lycius wrote a letter to his excellency the governor