使徒行傳23:23-35

 

23:23 千夫長便叫了兩個百夫長來，說：「預備步兵二百，馬兵七十，長槍手二百，今夜亥初往凱撒利亞去；
23:24 也要預備牲口叫保羅騎上，護送到巡撫腓力斯那裡去。」
23:25 千夫長又寫了文書，
23:26 大略說：「克勞第•呂西亞，請巡撫腓力斯大人安。
23:27 這人被猶太人拿住，將要殺害，我得知他是羅馬人，就帶兵丁下去救他出來。
23:28 因要知道他們告他的緣故，我就帶他下到他們的公會去，
23:29 便查知他被告是因他們律法的辯論，並沒有甚麼該死該綁的罪名。
23:30 後來有人把要害他的計謀告訴我，我就立時解他到你那裡去，又吩咐告他的人在你面前告他。（有古卷加：願你平安！）」
23:31 於是，兵丁照所吩咐他們的，將保羅夜裡帶到安提帕底。
23:32 第二天，讓馬兵護送，他們就回營樓去。
23:33 馬兵來到凱撒利亞，把文書呈給巡撫，便叫保羅站在他面前。
23:34 巡撫看了文書，問保羅是哪省的人，既曉得他是基利家人，
23:35 就說：「等告你的人來到，我要細聽你的事」；便吩咐人把他看守在希律的衙門裡。

 

²³ Then he called two of his centurions and ordered them, “Get ready a detachment of two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen^[b] to go to Caesarea at nine tonight. ²⁴ Provide horses for Paul so that he may be taken safely to Governor Felix.”

²⁵ He wrote a letter as follows:

²⁶ Claudius Lysias,

To His Excellency, Governor Felix:

Greetings.

²⁷ This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, but I came with my troops and rescued him, for I had learned that he is a Roman citizen. ²⁸ I wanted to know why they were accusing him, so I brought him to their Sanhedrin. ²⁹ I found that the accusation had to do with questions about their law, but there was no charge against him that deserved death or imprisonment. ³⁰ When I was informed of a plot to be carried out against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also ordered his accusers to present to you their case against him.

³¹ So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul with them during the night and brought him as far as Antipatris. ³² The next day they let the cavalry go on with him, while they returned to the barracks. ³³ When the cavalry arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him. ³⁴ The governor read the letter and asked what province he was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia, ³⁵ he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers get here.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.

 

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    保羅被送到凱撒利亞，也是羅馬所派的巡撫腓力斯那裏，好讓保羅換個地方，也使猶太人不要太囂張！