Acts 23:23-35
23The captain called up two centurions. "Get two hundred soldiers ready to go immediately to Caesarea. Also seventy cavalry and two hundred light infantry. I want them ready to march by nine o''clock tonight.
24And you''ll need a couple of mules for Paul and his gear. We''re going to present this man safe and sound to Governor Felix."
25Then he wrote this letter:
26From Claudius Lysias, to the Most Honorable Governor Felix: Greetings!
27I rescued this man from a Jewish mob. They had seized him and were about to kill him when I learned that he was a Roman citizen. So I sent in my soldiers.
28Wanting to know what he had done wrong, I had him brought before their council.
29It turned out to be a squabble turned vicious over some of their religious differences, but nothing remotely criminal.
30The next thing I knew, they had cooked up a plot to murder him. I decided that for his own safety I''d better get him out of here in a hurry. So I''m sending him to you. I''m informing his accusers that he''s now under your jurisdiction.
31The soldiers, following orders, took Paul that same night to safety in Antipatris.
32In the morning the soldiers returned to their barracks in Jerusalem, sending Paul on to Caesarea under guard of the cavalry.
33The cavalry entered Caesarea and handed Paul and the letter over to the governor.
34After reading the letter, the governor asked Paul what province he came from and was told "Cilicia."
35Then he said, "I''ll take up your case when your accusers show up." He ordered him locked up for the meantime in King Herod''s official quarters.