“Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting. This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them; then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman. And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council; whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds. And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.”{LP 228.3}

»Klaudius Lysias sender hilsen til den højædle landshøvding Feliks. Denne mand havde jøderne grebet, og han var nær ved at blive slået ihjel af dem; men jeg kom til med mandskabet og udfriede ham, da jeg erfarede, at han var romersk borger. Og da jeg ville vide, af hvad grund de anklagede ham, førte jeg ham ned for deres råd. Jeg fandt da, at klagemålet mod ham gjaldt nogle stridsspørgsmål i deres lov, men at ham ikke blev beskyldt for noget, som fortjener død eller fængsel. Men da jeg har fået underretning om, at der skal være planer fremme mod manden, sender jeg ham hermed til dig efter også at have pålagt hans anklagere at fremføre for dig, hvad de har imod ham.«