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Change Of Venue

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Acts 23:17and Paul having called near one of the centurions, said, ‘This young man lead unto the chief captain, for he hath something to tell him.’Acts 23:18He indeed, then, having taken him, brought him unto the chief captain, and saith, ‘The prisoner Paul, having called me near, asked me this young man to bring unto thee, having something to say to thee.’Acts 23:19And the chief captain having taken him by the hand, and having withdrawn by themselves, inquired, ‘What is that which thou hast to tell me?’Acts 23:20and he said—‘The Jews agreed to request thee, that to-morrow to the sanhedrim thou mayest bring down Paul, as being about to enquire something more exactly concerning him;Acts 23:21thou, therefore, mayest thou not yield to them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who did anathematize themselves—not to eat nor to drink till they kill him, and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from thee.’Acts 23:22The chief captain, then, indeed, let the young man go, having charged him to tell no one, ‘that these things thou didst shew unto me;’Acts 23:23and having called near a certain two of the centurions, he said, ‘Make ready soldiers two hundred, that they may go on unto Caesarea, and horsemen seventy, and spearmen two hundred, from the third hour of the night;Acts 23:24beasts also provide, that, having set Paul on, they may bring him safe unto Felix the governor;’Acts 23:25he having written a letter after this description:Acts 23:26‘Claudius Lysias, to the most noble governor Felix, hail:Acts 23:27This man having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them—having come with the soldiery, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman;Acts 23:28and, intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim,Acts 23:29whom I found accused concerning questions of their law, and having no accusation worthy of death or bonds;Acts 23:30and a plot having been intimated to me against this man—about to be of the Jews—at once I sent unto thee, having given command also to the accusers to say the things against him before thee; be strong.’Acts 23:31Then, indeed, the soldiers according to that directed them, having taken up Paul, brought him through the night to Antipatris,Acts 23:32and on the morrow, having suffered the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the castle;Acts 23:33those having entered into Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the governor, did present also Paul to him.Acts 23:34And the governor having read it, and inquired of what province he is, and understood that he is from Cilicia;Acts 23:35‘I will hear thee—said he—when thine accusers also may have come;’ he also commanded him to be kept in the praetorium of Herod.Acts 25:9And Festus willing to lay on the Jews a favour, answering Paul, said, ‘Art thou willing, to Jerusalem having gone up, there concerning these things to be judged before me?’Acts 25:11for if indeed I am unrighteous, and anything worthy of death have done, I deprecate not to die; and if there is none of the things of which these accuse me, no one is able to make a favour of me to them; to Caesar I appeal!’