With an army,— That is, With a band of soldiers. By the latter clause Lysias seems in general to intimate that he had, on the whole, been more solicitous to provide for St. Paul's security, out of regard to his being a Roman citizen.
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Acts 23:27
27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.