Acts 23:21-23

Good News Translation

²¹ But don't listen to them, because there are more than forty men who will be hiding and waiting for him. They have taken a vow not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are now ready to do it and are waiting for your decision.”

²² The commander said, “Don't tell anyone that you have reported this to me.” And he sent the young man away.

Paul Is Sent to Governor Felix

²³ Then the commander called two of his officers and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea, together with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, and be ready to leave by nine o'clock tonight.