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DAY 25 FOR A GOAL OF READING THE BOOK OF ACTS IN 30 DAYS
AC-23:14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and
said,
We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat
nothing until we have slain Paul.
AC-23:15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief
captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye
would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or
ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
AC-23:16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in
wait,
he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
AC-23:17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto [him], and
said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a
certain thing to tell him.
AC-23:18 So he took him, and brought [him] to the chief captain,
and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto [him], and prayed me
to
bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto
thee.
AC-23:19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went
[with him] aside privately, and asked [him], What is that thou
hast
to tell me?
AC-23:20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that
thou
wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though
they
would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly.
AC-23:21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait
for
him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves
with an
oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed
him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
AC-23:22 So the chief captain [then] let the young man depart,
and
charged [him, See thou] tell no man that thou hast showed these
things to me.
AC-23:23 And he called unto [him] two centurions, saying, Make
ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen
threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour
of
the night;
AC-23:24 And provide [them] beasts, that they may set Paul on,
and
bring [him] safe unto Felix the governor.
AC-23:25 And he wrote a letter after this manner:
AC-23:26 Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix
[sendeth] greeting.
AC-23:27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been
killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having
understood that he was a Roman.
AC-23:28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they
accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
AC-23:29 Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their
law,
but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of
bonds.
AC-23:30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for
the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his
accusers also to say before thee what [they had] against him.
Farewell.
AC-23:31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul,
and brought [him] by night to Antipatris.
AC-23:32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him,
and
returned to the castle:
AC-23:33 Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the
epistle
to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
AC-23:34 And when the governor had read [the letter], he asked
of
what province he was. And when he understood that [he was] of
Cilicia;
AC-23:35 I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also
come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.
*AC-24:1 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended
with
the elders, and [with] a certain orator [named] Tertullus, who
informed the governor against Paul.
AC-24:2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse
[him], saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and
that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy
providence,
AC-24:3 We accept [it] always, and in all places, most noble
Felix,
with all thankfulness.
AC-24:4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto
thee, I
pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.
AC-24:5 For we have found this man [a] pestilent [fellow], and a
mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a
ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
AC-24:6 Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we
took, and would have judged according to our law.
AC-24:7 But the chief captain Lysias came [upon us], and with
great
violence took [him] away out of our hands,
AC-24:8 Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining
of
whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof
we
accuse him.
AC-24:9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things
were
so.
AC-24:10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto
him
to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of
many
years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer
for
myself:
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