17Paul summoned one of the centurions, and said, "Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him."
18So he took him, and brought him to the commanding officer, and said, "Paul, the prisoner, called me to himself, and asked me to bring this young man to you, who has something to tell you."
19The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?"
20He said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring down Paul tomorrow to the council, as though intending to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him.
21Therefore don`t yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you."
22So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, "Tell no one that you have told these things to me."
23He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, "Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night."
