And when Paulos looked on their assembly, he said: Men, my brothers; I have been led in every good conscience before Elohim up to this day.

And Chananya the priest commanded those who stood by his side to strike Paulos on his mouth.

And Paulos said to him: Elohim is ready to strike you, you whitewashed wall! And you sit judging me according to the law, while you transgress the law and command that they strike me.

And those who were standing there said to him: Do you revile the priest of Elohim?

Paulos said to them: I did not know, my brothers, that he is the priest; for it is written, You shall not curse the head of your people.

And when Paulos knew that part of the people is of the Zaduqaye and part of the Prishaye, he cried out in the assembly: Men, my brothers; I am a Prisha, son of a Prisha; and for the hope of the resurrection of the dead I am judged.

And when he said this, the Pharisees and Sadducees fell upon one another, and the people were divided.

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor messenger, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of them.

And there was a great outcry, and some scribes from the side of the Pharisees rose up and were contending with them and saying, We find nothing evil in this man; but if a spirit or a messenger has spoken with him, what is there in this?

And when there was a great disturbance among them, the chiliarch was afraid lest they tear Paulos in pieces, and he sent Romans to come and snatch him from their midst and bring him into the fortress.

And when it was night, our Master appeared to Paulos and said to him, Be strong, because as you have testified about me in Urishlim, so you are also to testify in Rome.

And when it was morning, some men from the Judeans assembled and bound themselves under a curse that they would neither eat nor drink until they kill Paulos.

Now those who had established this compact by oath were more than forty men.

And they drew near to the priests and to the elders and were saying, We have bound ourselves with a curse that we will taste nothing until we kill Paulos.

And now you and the chiefs of the congregation request from the chiliarch that he bring him to you, as if you desire to examine his case truly, and we are ready to kill him before he reaches you.

And the son of Paulos’s sister heard of this plot, and he went into the barracks and informed Paulos.

And Paulos sent and called one of the centurions and said to him, Take this young man to the chiliarch, for he has something to tell him.

And the centurion took the young man and brought him in to the chiliarch and said, Paulos the prisoner called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, for he has something to tell you.

And the chiliarch took the young man by his hand and led him aside and asked him, What do you have to tell me?

And the young man said to him, The Judeans have plotted to ask you to bring Paulos down tomorrow to their assembly, as if they want to learn something more from him.

So do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty men from them are watching for him in ambush, and they have bound themselves under a curse that they will neither eat nor drink until they kill him, and they are ready and waiting for your promise.

And the chiliarch dismissed the young man after charging him, Let no one know that you have disclosed these things to me.

And he called two centurions and said to them, Go prepare two hundred Romans to go to Qesarya, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred right-hand shooters, to set out from the third hour of the night.

And provide also a beast so they may mount Paulos and bring him safely to Felix the governor.

And he wrote a letter and gave it to them, in which was thus:

Lysias to the excellent governor Felix, greeting.

This man the Jews seized so that they might kill him, and I stood with the Romans and rescued him when I learned that he is a Roman.

And when I was seeking to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their assembly.

And I found that it was about questions of their law they were accusing him, and a cause worthy of bonds or of death was not with him.

And when the plot by ambush that the Jews made against him was made known to me, at once I sent him to you, and I commanded his accusers to come and speak with him before you. Be well.

Then the Romans, as they had been commanded, took Paulos by night and brought him to the city of Antipatris.

And on the next day the horsemen dismissed the footmen their companions, that they might return to the camp.

And they brought him to Qesarya, and they gave the letter to the governor, and set Paulos before him.

And when he read the letter, he was asking him from which province he was. And when he learned that he was from Qiliqiya,

he said to him, I will hear you when your accusers come. And he ordered that they keep him in the praetorium of Herodes.