Guarded Protected and directed (ACTS 23)

But the following night the Lord stood by him and said,

“Be of good cheer, Paul; for as you have testified for Me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness at Rome.”
And when it was day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Then there arose a loud outcry. And the scribes of the Pharisees’ party arose and protested, saying,

“We find no evil in this man; but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.”

This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them.

Coming with the troops I rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

And when I wanted to know the reason they accused him, I brought him before their council. I found out that he was accused concerning questions of their law, but had nothing charged against him deserving of death or chains. And when it was told me that the Jews lay in wait for the man,

I sent him immediately to you, and also commanded his accusers to state before you the charges against him.
Farewell.

And when the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. And when he understood that he was from Cilicia, he said, “I will hear you when your accusers also have come.” And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s Praetorium.

Guarded protected and directed by the Lord.