1And Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day. 2And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. 3Then Paul said to him, God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall: and do you sit to judge me according to the Torah, and command me to be struck contrary to the Torah? 4And those who stood by said, Do you revile God’s high priest? 5And Paul said, I did not know, brothers, that he was high priest: for it is written, You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people. 6But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. 7And when he had said this, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees; and the assembly was divided. 8For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both. 9And there arose a great clamor: and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party stood up, and contended sharply, saying, We find no evil in this man: and what if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel? 10And when there arose a great dissension, the commander, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks. 11And the following night the Lord stood by him, and said, Take courage: for as you have testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so must you bear witness also at Rome. 12And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul. 13And there were more than forty who made this conspiracy. 14And they came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. 15Now therefore you with the council notify the commander that he bring him down to you, as though you would judge his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to kill him. 16But Paul’s sister’s son heard of their ambush, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Paul. 17And Paul called to him one of the centurions, and said, Bring this young man to the commander; for he has something to tell him. 18So he took him, and brought him to the commander, and says, Paul the prisoner called me to him, and asked me to bring this young man to you, who has something to say to you. 19And the commander took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, What is it that you have to tell me? 20And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring down Paul tomorrow to the council, as though you would inquire somewhat more exactly concerning him. 21Therefore do not yield to them: for more than forty of their men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him: and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you. 22So the commander let the young man go, commanding him, Tell no man that you have informed me of these things. 23And he called to him two of the centurions, and said, Get ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Cæsarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night: 24and he told them to provide mounts, that they might set Paul on them, and bring him safely to Felix the governor. 25And he wrote a letter in this form: 26Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix, greeting. 27This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman. 28And desiring to know the reason why they accused him, I brought him down to their council: 29whom I found to be accused about questions of their Torah, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds. 30And when it was shown to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you immediately, commanding his accusers also to speak against him before you. 31So the soldiers, as they were commanded, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. 32But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks: 33and they, when they came to Cæsarea and delivered the letter to the governor, presented Paul also before him. 34And when he had read it, he asked of what province he was; and when he understood that he was of Cilicia, 35I will hear you fully, he said, when your accusers also have come: and he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s palace.