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25 And he wrote a letter, after this maner. 26 Claudius Lysias, vnto the most mightie ruler Felix, sendeth greetinges. 27 This man was taken of the Iewes, and shoulde haue ben kylled of them: Then came I with souldeirs, & rescued hym, and perceaued that he was a Romane. 28 And whe I would haue knowen the cause, wherfore they accused hym, I brought hym foorth into their counsell. 29 Whom I perceaued to be accused of questions of their lawe, but was not gyltie of any thyng worthy of death, or of bondes. 30 And when it was shewed me howe that the Iewes layde wayte for the man, I sent hym strayghtway to thee, and gaue commaundement to his accusers, that the thynges which they haue agaynst hym, they shoulde tell before thee. Fare well. Acts 23:25-30, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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