They conveyed the following letter. "The apostles and the presbyters of the brotherhood to the brothers who belong to the Gentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: greeting.

When the messengers were despatched, they went down to Antioch and after gathering the whole body they handed them the letter.

Some days later, Paul said to Barnabas, "Come and let us go back to visit the brothers in every town where we have proclaimed the word of the Lord. Let us see how they are doing."

After waiting on for a number of days Paul said goodbye to the brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. (As the latter was under a vow, he had his head shaved at Cenchreae.)

while we sailed from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and joined them five days later at Troas. There we spent seven days.

He then wrote a letter in the following terms.

They reached Caesarea, presented the letter to the governor, and also handed Paul over to him.

On reading the letter he asked what province he belonged to, and finding it was Cilicia

Five days later down came the high priest Ananias with some elders and a barrister called Tertullus. They laid information before the governor against Paul.

Some days later Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and heard what he had to say about faith in Christ Jesus;

while two days later they threw the ship's gear overboard with their own hands;

Three days later, he called the leading Jews together, and when they met he said to them, "Brothers, although I have done nothing against the People or our ancestral customs, I was handed over to the Romans as a prisoner from Jerusalem.