Acts 23:23-35 - To Caesarea By Night
23 Then he called two Captains, and ordered them to have two hundred men ready to go to Caesarea, as well as seventy troopers and two hundred lancers, by nine o'clock that night, 24 And to have horses ready for Paul to ride, so that they might take him safely to Felix, the Governor.
25 To him he wrote a letter, somewhat as follows--
26 'Claudius Lysias sends his compliments to His Excellency Felix the Governor.
27 The man whom I send with this had been seized by the Jews, and was on the point of being killed by them, when I came upon them with the force under my command, and rescued him, as I learned that he was a Roman citizen. 28 Wishing to ascertain exactly the ground of the charges they made against him, I brought him before their Council, 29 When I found that their charges were connected with questions of their own Law, and that there was nothing alleged involving either death or imprisonment. 30 Having, however, information of a plot against the man, which was about to be put into execution, I am sending him to you at once, and I have also directed his accusers to prosecute him before you.'
31 The soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took charge of Paul and conducted him by night to Antipatris; 32 And on the next day, leaving the troopers to go on with him, they returned to the Fort. 33 On arriving at Caesarea, the troopers delivered the letter to the Governor, and brought Paul before him. 34 As soon as Felix had read the letter, he enquired to what province Paul belonged, and, learning that he came from Cilicia, he said: 35 "I will hear all you have to say as soon as your accusers have arrived." And he ordered Paul to be kept under guard in Herod's Government House.