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AC-23:1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men

[and] brethren, I

have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

AC-23:2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood

by him to smite

him on the mouth.

AC-23:3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, [thou]

whited wall: for

sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be

smitten

contrary to the law?

AC-23:4 And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high

priest?

AC-23:5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the

high priest: for

it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy

people.

AC-23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were

Sadducees, and the

other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men [and] brethren,

I am a

Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of

the dead I am

called in question.

AC-23:7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension

between the

Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.

AC-23:8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection,

neither angel,

nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.

AC-23:9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes [that

were] of the

Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in

this man: but if

a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight

against God.

AC-23:10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief

captain, fearing

lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded

the soldiers to

go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring

[him] into the

castle.

AC-23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and

said, Be of good

cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so

must thou bear

witness also at Rome.

AC-23:12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded

together, and bound

themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor

drink till

they had killed Paul.

AC-23:13 And they were more than forty which had made this

conspiracy.

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.

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