Thematic Bible
Acts 24:1 (show verse)
AND after five days the chief priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator, Tertullus, went down and gave information to the procurator against Paul.
Acts 24:2 (show verse)
And he being called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Having obtained great peace by you, and things being happily arranged for this nation by your oversight in all things and in all places
Acts 24:3 (show verse)
we accept [it] most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.
Acts 24:4 (show verse)
But that I may not further weary you, I beg you to hear us briefly, with your clemency.
Acts 24:5 (show verse)
For finding this man a pestilence and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a chief of the sect of the Nazoraeans,
Acts 24:6 (show verse)
who also endeavored to profane the temple, whom we also took,
Acts 24:7 (show verse)
(Added verse not retained in Sawyer)
Acts 24:8 (show verse)
from whom you will be able to learn by examination of all these things of which we accuse him.
Acts 24:9 (show verse)
And the Jews also assented, saying, These things are so.
Acts 24:10 (show verse)
And the procurator making a sign to him to speak, Paul answered, Knowing that you have been for many years a judge of this nation, I shall defend myself cheerfully,
Acts 24:11 (show verse)
you being able to know that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.
Acts 24:12 (show verse)
And they did not find me in the temple disputing with any one, or making a disturbance of the multitude, neither in the synagogues nor in the city;
Acts 24:13 (show verse)
neither can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.
Acts 24:14 (show verse)
But this I confess to you, that in the way which they call a heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers; believing all things written in the law and the prophets,
Acts 24:15 (show verse)
having a hope in God which they also hold, that there will be a resurrection both of the righteous and wicked.
Acts 24:16 (show verse)
And in this also I endeavor always to have a conscience without offense towards God and man.
Acts 24:17 (show verse)
But after many years I came to bring charities and offerings to my nation,
Acts 24:18 (show verse)
in which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a multitude, nor with a tumult,
Acts 24:19 (show verse)
who ought to be present and accuse me before you, if they have any thing against me.
Acts 24:20 (show verse)
Or let them say whether they found any unrighteousness in me when I stood before the Sanhedrim,
Acts 24:21 (show verse)
except in this one statement which I made, as I stood among them, that I am under trial by you to-day concerning the resurrection of the dead.
Acts 24:22 (show verse)
But Felix put them off, saying, Having learned more accurately of this way, when Lysias the chiliarch comes down I will decide concerning your matters,
Acts 24:23 (show verse)
and he commanded the centurion that Paul should be kept, and be freed from bonds, and that he should forbid none of his friends to serve him.
Acts 24:24 (show verse)
And after some days Felix coming with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jewess, sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
Acts 24:25 (show verse)
And as he discoursed of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix being terrified answered, Go for the present; but when I have time I will call you.
Acts 24:26 (show verse)
At the same time also he hoped that money would be given him by Paul; and on this account sent for him the oftener, and conversed with him.
Acts 24:27 (show verse)
But after two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and wishing to gratify the Jews, Felix left Paul bound.