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.

So Paul was summoned, and then Tertullus proceeded to accuse him. "Your excellency," he said to Felix, "as it is owing to you that we enjoy unbroken peace, and as it is owing to your wise care that the state of this nation has been improved in every way and everywhere,