Acts 23:17 bbe — And Paul sent for a captain and said, Take this young man to your chief, for he has news for him.

And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to death

So now, will you and the Sanhedrin make a request to the military authorities to have him sent down to you, as if you were desiring to go into the business in greater detail; and we, before ever he gets to you, will be waiting to put him to death.

But Paul's sister's son had word of their design, and he came into the army building and gave news of it to Paul.

So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you.

And the chief took him by the hand and, going on one side, said to him privately, What is it you have to say to me?

And he said, The Jews are in agreement together to make a request to you for Paul to be taken, on the day after this, into the Sanhedrin, to be questioned in greater detail.