and inasmuch as I have gone carefully over them all myself from the very beginning, I have decided, O Theophilus, to write them out in order for your excellency,

Horses were also to be provided, on which they were to mount Paul and carry him safe to Felix the governor.

"Claudius Lysias, to his excellency the governor Felix: greeting.

we acknowledge all this with profound gratitude.

Then at a nod from the governor Paul made his reply. "As I know you have administered justice in this nation for a number of years," he said, "I feel encouraged to make my defence,

but when he argued about morality, self-mastery, and the future judgment, Felix grew uneasy. "You may go for the present," he said; "when I can find a moment, I will send for you"

"Your excellency," said Paul to Festus, "I am not mad, I am speaking the sober truth.