Thematic Bible: Paul tried before
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They were also to provide horses for Paul to ride, so that they might take him in safety to Felix, the governor, to whom he wrote a letter to this effect: "Claudius Lysias sends greetings to his Excellency Felix, the governor. read more.
This man had been seized by the Jews and they were just going to kill him when I came upon them with my men and rescued him, as I had learned that he was a Roman citizen. As I wanted to learn what charge they made against him, I had him brought before their council, and found that their accusations had to do with questions about their Law, but that he was not charged with anything that would call for his death or imprisonment. As I have been informed that a plot against him is brewing, I am sending him on to you at once, and directing his accusers to present their charges against him before you." Then the soldiers took Paul, as they had been ordered to do, and escorted him as far as Antipatris that night. The next day, they returned to the barracks, leaving the mounted men to go on with him, and they on reaching Caesarea delivered the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him. After reading the letter, he asked Paul what province he belonged to, and when he learned that he was from Cilicia, he said, "I will hear your case as soon as your accusers arrive." And he gave orders that he should be kept in Herod's palace.
This man had been seized by the Jews and they were just going to kill him when I came upon them with my men and rescued him, as I had learned that he was a Roman citizen. As I wanted to learn what charge they made against him, I had him brought before their council, and found that their accusations had to do with questions about their Law, but that he was not charged with anything that would call for his death or imprisonment. As I have been informed that a plot against him is brewing, I am sending him on to you at once, and directing his accusers to present their charges against him before you." Then the soldiers took Paul, as they had been ordered to do, and escorted him as far as Antipatris that night. The next day, they returned to the barracks, leaving the mounted men to go on with him, and they on reaching Caesarea delivered the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him. After reading the letter, he asked Paul what province he belonged to, and when he learned that he was from Cilicia, he said, "I will hear your case as soon as your accusers arrive." And he gave orders that he should be kept in Herod's palace.