ライシアス

Claudius Lysias was the Roman tribune (chiliarch) commanding the Jerusalem garrison who rescued Paul from a mob in the temple courts and twice protected him from Jewish plots on his life (Acts 21:31–40; 23:10, 26–30). He sent Paul under armed escort to the governor Felix in Caesarea with a letter—preserved in Acts 23:26–30—that presents himself as having rescued Paul because of his Roman citizenship. His handling of Paul's case is a notable example of Roman legal process protecting a citizen of the empire, even if Lysias's letter diplomatically omits his initial plan to flog Paul.