Bible Verses About The Roman Empire: Accused person protected from popular violence

And he said: The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldst bring forth Paul to-morrow into the council, as if they meant to inquire some thing more certain touching him.

And provide beasts, that they may set Paul on and bring him safe to Felix the governor.

(For he feared lest perhaps the Jews might take him away by force and kill him: and he should afterwards be slandered, as if he was to take money.) And he wrote a letter after this manner:

Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor, Felix, greeting:

This man, being taken by the Jews and ready to be killed by them, I rescued, coming in with an army, understanding that he is a Roman.