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[<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>We wanted to judge him according to our own Law. But Lysias the commander came along, and with much violence took him out of our hands, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>ordering his accusers to come before you.] By examining him yourself concerning all these matters you will be able to ascertain the things of which we accuse him.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the Jews also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And when the governor had nodded for him to speak, Paul answered: <p class="reg"> “Knowing that for many years you have been a judge to this nation, I cheerfully make my defense, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>since you are able to ascertain the fact that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And neither in the temple, nor in the synagogues, nor across the city did they find me carrying on a discussion with anyone or causing <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>a riot. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Nor are they able to prove to you of what they are now accusing me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I do serve <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>having a hope in God, for which these men are waiting, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>In view of this, I also <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>do my best to maintain always a conscience without fault <i>both</i> before God and before men. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Now after several years I came to bring <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>alms to my nation and offerings; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>in which they found me, having been purified in the temple, without <i>any</i> crowd or uproar. But <i>there were</i> some Jews from <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Asia— <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>who ought to have been present before you and to make accusation, if they should have anything against me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Or else let these men themselves tell what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the Sanhedrin, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>other than for this one statement which I shouted out while standing among them, ‘For the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you today.’” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But Felix, having a more accurate knowledge about the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>commander comes down, I will decide your case.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then he gave orders to the centurion for him to be kept in custody and <i>yet</i> have <i>some</i> rest, and not to prevent any of his friends from ministering to him. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But some days later Felix arrived with Drusilla, his <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>wife who was a Jewess, and summoned Paul and heard him <i>speak</i> about faith in Christ Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and answered, “Go away for the present, and when I find time I will call for you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>At the same time, he was also hoping that money would be given him by Paul; therefore he also used to summon for him quite often and converse with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But after two years had passed, Felix <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul imprisoned.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>and</i><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>orator</i><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>presented their evidence</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>the inhabited earth</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>also</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> The early mss omit rest of v 6, v 7, and first part of v 8<br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>an attack of a mob</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>the ancestral God</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>practice myself</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>gifts to charity</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> West coast province of Asia Minor<br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Military leader over 1,000 soldiers<br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Lit <i>own wife</i><br><span class="fnverse">27</span> Lit <i>received a successor, Porcius Festus</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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