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Claudius Lysius
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Acts 21:31and they seeking to kill him, a rumour came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem hath been thrown into confusion,Acts 21:32who, at once, having taken soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them, and they having seen the chief captain and the soldiers, did leave off beating Paul.Acts 21:33Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,Acts 21:34and some were crying out one thing, and some another, among the multitude, and not being able to know the certainty because of the tumult, he commanded him to be carried to the castle,Acts 21:35and when he came upon the steps, it happened he was borne by the soldiers, because of the violence of the multitude,Acts 21:36for the crowd of the people was following after, crying, ‘Away with him.’Acts 21:37And Paul being about to be led into the castle, saith to the chief captain, ‘Is it permitted to me to say anything unto thee?’ and he said, ‘Greek dost thou know?Acts 21:38art not thou, then, the Egyptian who before these days made an uprising, and did lead into the desert the four thousand men of the assassins?’Acts 21:39And Paul said, ‘I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, of no mean city a citizen; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.’Acts 21:40And he having given him leave, Paul having stood upon the stairs, did beckon with the hand to the people, and there having been a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew dialect, saying:Acts 22:23And they crying out and casting up their garments, and throwing dust into the air,Acts 22:24the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, saying, ‘By scourges let him be examined;’ that he might know for what cause they were crying so against him.Acts 22:25And as he was stretching him with the thongs, Paul said unto the centurion who was standing by, ‘A man, a Roman, uncondemned—is it lawful to you to scourge;’Acts 22:26and the centurion having heard, having gone near to the chief captain, told, saying, ‘Take heed what thou art about to do, for this man is a Roman;’Acts 22:27and the chief captain having come near, said to him, ‘Tell me, art thou a Roman?’ and he said, ‘Yes;’Acts 22:28and the chief captain answered, ‘I, with a great sum, did obtain this citizenship;’ but Paul said, ‘But I have been even born so.’Acts 22:29Immediately, therefore, they departed from him who are about to examine him, and the chief captain also was afraid, having learned that he is a Roman, and because he had bound him,Acts 22:30and on the morrow, intending to know the certainty wherefore he is accused by the Jews, he did loose him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their sanhedrim to come, and having brought down Paul, he set him before them.Acts 23:10and a great dissension having come, the chief captain having been afraid lest Paul may be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiery, having gone down, to take him by force out of the midst of them, and to bring him to the castle.Acts 23:11And on the following night, the Lord having stood by him, said, ‘Take courage, Paul, for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so it behoveth thee also at Rome to testify.’Acts 23:12And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul;Acts 23:13and they were more than forty who made this conspiracy by oath,Acts 23:14who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, ‘With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves—to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;Acts 23:15now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.’Acts 23:16And the son of Paul’s sister having heard of the lying in wait, having gone and entered into the castle, told Paul,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.
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