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Lysias, Claudius
The chief captain (chiliarch) who commanded the Roman troops in Jerusalem, and sent Paul under guard to the procurator Felix at Caesarea (Acts 21:31–38; Acts 22:24–30). His letter to his superior officer is an interesting specimen of Roman military correspondence (Acts 23:26–30). He obtained his Roman citizenship by purchase, and was therefore probably a Greek. (See Claudius.)
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
