Acts 24:7 Cross References - Worsley

⁷ But Lysias the tribune came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands, commanding his accusers to come unto thee:

³¹ And as they were going to kill him, a report came to the tribune of the cohort, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar: ³² who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. And when they saw the chiliarch and the soldiers, they left off beating Paul. ³³ Then the commanding officer came near and took him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and inquired, who he was, and what he had done.

³⁵ And when he was upon the stairs, he was even borne by the soldiers, because of the violence of the people.

¹⁰ But as there arose much contention, the tribune fearing least Paul should be torn in pieces by them, ordered a party of soldiers to go down, and take him by force out of the midst of them, and to bring him into the castle.

²³ And he called two of the centurions to him, and said, Get ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, by the third hour of the night. ²⁴ And provide beasts, that they may set Paul on and bring him safe to Felix the governor. ²⁵ And he wrote a letter to this effect: ²⁶ Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting. ²⁷ This man being seized by the Jews, and about to be killed by them, I came upon them with some soldiers and rescued him: for I understand that he is a Roman. ²⁸ But desiring to know the cause for which they accused him, I brought him down into their council: ²⁹ and I found he was accused about questions of their law, but had no charge against him deserving death or bonds. ³⁰ But an ambush, which was going to be laid for the man by the Jews, being discovered to me, immediately I sent him to thee, telling his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell. ³¹ The soldiers therefore, according to the orders given them, took up Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. ³² And the next day they returned to the castle, leaving the horsemen to go with him;