Acts 24:1
And after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders, and a certain orator, Tertullus, who appeared to the governor against Paul.
Acts 24:2
And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Experiencing much peace because of thee, and worthy deeds happening to this nation because of thy foresight,
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we welcome, both always and everywhere, eminent Felix, with all thankfulness.
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But, that I may not detain thee on more, I entreat thee in thy clemency to hear us briefly.
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For we have found this man a plague, who even instigates sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
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who also attempted to profane the temple, whom also we took,
Acts 24:7
[This verse is not in the majority of the Greek manuscripts.]
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from whom thou will be able, having examined him, to learn about all these things of which we accuse him.
Acts 24:9
And the Jews also agreed, claiming to have these things this way.
Acts 24:10
And when the governor gestured to him to speak, Paul answered, Knowing for many years thou being a judge to this nation, I gladly make a defense of these things about myself,
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thou being able to learn that there are for me not more than twelve days from which I went up to worship in Jerusalem.
Acts 24:12
And they found me neither in the temple disputing against any man, nor making a gang of a group, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city.
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Neither can they prove against me of which things they now accuse me.
Acts 24:14
But this I confess to thee, that according to the Way that they call a sect, so serve I the paternal God, believing all things written according to the law and the prophets,
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having hope toward God, which they themselves also await, to come to be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
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And in this I fashion myself, having a conscience always non-stumbling before God and men.
Acts 24:17
Now after more years I came, going to make donations to my nation, and offerings,
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during which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a crowd or with a tumult,
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who ought to be here before thee, and to accuse, if they would have anything against me.
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Or let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found in me, having stood before the council,
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or about this one voice that I cried out standing among them: About a resurrection of the dead I am judged by you this day.
Acts 24:22
Now Felix, having heard these things, having known more precisely the things about the Way, he deferred them, having said, When Lysias the chief captain comes down, I will determine the things toward you.
Acts 24:23
He also arranged for the centurion to guard Paul, and to have reduced confinement, and to forbid none of his own men to serve or to come to him.
Acts 24:24
And after some days, Felix having arrived with Drusilla, his wife being Jewish, he summoned Paul, and heard him about the faith in Christ.
Acts 24:25
And as he discoursed about righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment going to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, Go now, and having a convenient time, I will summon thee.
Acts 24:26
He also hoped simultaneously that money would be given him by Paul so that he might free him. And so, summoning him more frequently, he conversed with him.
Acts 24:27
But two years having been fulfilled, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus. And wanting to lay down favors to the Jews, Felix left behind Paul bound.