¹⁷ Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the tribune, for he has something to report to him.”

Paul Sent to Felix the Governor

²³ Then he summoned two of the centurions and said, “Get ready to leave by nine o’clock tonight for Caesarea with two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen.^(A)

²⁶ When the centurion heard that, he went to the tribune and said to him, “What are you about to do? This man is a Roman.”

Coming Persecutions

¹⁶ “I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.^(A)

⁸ The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only speak the word, and my servant^[a] will be healed.^{(A) 9} For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me, and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and the slave does it.”