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not delay you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>[[EMPTY]] <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true.</p> <p class="title">Paul’s Defense Before Felix</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied, “Because I know that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I confidently make my defense. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>As you can verify for yourself, not 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>They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>nor can they prove to you the things they are accusing me of doing. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way (which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I have a hope in God (a hope that these men themselves accept too) that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>After several years I came to bring to my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them: ‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then Felix, who understood the facts concerning the Way more accurately, adjourned their hearing, saying, “When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He ordered the centurion to guard Paul, but to let him have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from meeting his needs.</p> <p class="title">Paul Speaks Repeatedly to Felix</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Some days later, when Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>While Paul was discussing righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for now, and when I have an opportunity, I will send 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 Paul would give him money, and for this reason he sent for Paul as often as possible and talked with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/24-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>After two years had passed, Porcius Festus succeeded Felix, and because he wanted to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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