Acts 23:21-23

International Standard Version

²¹ Don’t believe them, because more than 40 of them are planning to ambush him. They’ve taken an oath not to eat or drink before they’ve killed him. They are ready now, just waiting for your consent.”

²² The tribune dismissed the young man and ordered him not to tell anyone that he had notified him. ²³ Then he summoned two centurions and ordered, “Get 200 soldiers ready to leave for Caesarea at nine o’clock tonight,^[a] along with 70 mounted soldiers and 200 soldiers with spears.