Peshitta New Testament

Peshitta New Testament — Murdock — Section 78

13 15 16 17 18 20 ACTS, XXIII. 265 young man said to him : The Jews have projected to ask thee to bring down Paul to-morrow to their assembly, as if wishing to learn something more 21 from him. (21) But be not thou persuaded by them : for, lo, more than forty persons of them watch for him in ambush, and have bound them- selves by imprecations, that they will neither eat nor drink until they shall have slain him: and lo. they are prepared, and are waiting for thy promise. 22 (22) And th6 Chiliarch dismissed the young man, after charging him : Let no man know, that thou 23 hast showed me these things. — (23) And he called two centurions, and said to them: Go and prepare two hundred Romans to go to Cajsarea, and sev- enty horsemen, and shooters with the right handf^ two hundred ; and let them set out at the third 2-1 hour of the night. (24) And provide also a saddle beast, that they may set Paul on it, and carry him 25 safely to Felix the governor. (25) And he wrote 2G a letter and gave them, in which was, thus: (26) Claudius Lysias to the excellent governor Felix; 27 greeting. (27) The Jews seized this man, in order to kill him ; but I came with Romans, and rescued 28 him, when I learned that he was a Roman. (28) And as I wished to know the offence, for which they criminated him, I brought him to their assembly. 29 (29) And I found, that it was about questions of their law they accused him, and that an offence worthy of bonds or of death, was not upon him. 80 (30) And when the wiles of a plot formed by the Jews against him came to my knowledge, I forth- with sent him to thee. And I have directed his accusers, to go and contend with him, before thee. 31 Farewell. — (31) Then the Romans, as tliey had been commanded, took Paul by night, and brought 32 him to the city of Antipatris. (32) And the next day, the horsemen dismissed the footmen their as- 83 sociates, that they might return to the castle. (33) And they brought him to Ca3sarea : and they de- livered the letter to the governor, and set Paul 3-1 before him. (3-1) And when he had read the letter, he asked him of what province he was?