nine o'clock
Thou must not go down to them , Uncle , for they have knives concealed under their cloaks , and are upon oath neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed thee . So they are base enough for this , I answered , but I 'll outwit them , and calling to the centurion said : take this young man to the Chief Captain of the Guard ; he has matter to relate which the Chief Captain should hear at once , and when he had told the plot Chief Captain Lysias said : they have sworn in vain . Thou shalt go with me to Cæsarea and under a strong guard , two hundred soldiers , seventy horsemen , and two hundred spearmen ; these will be able to resist any attack that the Jews may attempt even should they hear of thy departure . At nine o'clock to-night I shall put into thy hand a letter to Felix , the Governor , telling him that I know nothing against thee that merits death or prison . The orders of the Captain of the Guard were carried out punctually ; we marched all night , arriving at Antipatris in the morning , which is about half-way between Jerusalem and Cæsarea , and all danger of surprise being now over the escort divided , the four hundred men returning to Jerusalem , myself going on to Cæsarea with the horsemen , to be judged by Felix , who said : I shall sit in judgment as soon as thy accusers arrive from Jerusalem . And it was five days afterwards that my accusers began to come into Cæsarea , Ananias arriving first with some of the elders and with one named Tertullus , who began his speech against me with many coaxings of the Governor , saying that it was through him that Palestine enjoyed its great peace and prosperity and for these gifts he was truly thankful , and though he feared he might prove tedious , still he would hope that Felix in his great clemency might allow him to say a few further words about a pestilential fellow , an agent of sedition among the Jews throughout the world , and a ringleader of the sect known as the Nazarenes : one who came to Jerusalem but to profane the Temple , and wishing , he said , to judge him for his blasphemy according to our law , we laid hands upon him , but the Captain , Lysias , came upon us and with great violence took him out of our hands , and after hearing him disputing with us in the council said , I find no fault with him but will send him to the noble Felix . And you , most noble Felix , have sent for us , and we have come , and feel right well that we have not come in vain , for your knowledge and your justice are known in all the world .