ACTS 23:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.”
also provide mounts for Paul to ride, and bring him safely to Felix the governor' — Paul is given a mount, treatment befitting rank rather than imprisonment; the emphasis on safe passage (diasothenai) signals Rome's commitment to protecting him from Jewish violence. Felix is named as the ultimate authority.
Church Fathers on Acts 23:24
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; and provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor. And he wrote a letter after this manner: Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sends greeting. This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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