Acts:24
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And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders ,
and with a certain orator named Tertullus ,
who informed the governor against Paul .
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And when he was called forth ,
Tertullus began to accuse him ,
saying ,
Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness ,
and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence ,
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We accept it always ,
and in all places ,
most noble Felix ,
with all thankfulness .
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Notwithstanding ,
that I be not further tedious unto thee ,
I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words .
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For we have found this man a pestilent fellow ,
and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world ,
and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes :
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Who also hath gone about to profane the temple :
whom we took ,
and would have judged according to our law .
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But the chief captain Lysias came upon us ,
and with great violence took him away out of our hands ,
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Commanding his accusers to come unto thee :
by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things ,
whereof we accuse him .
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And the Jews also assented ,
saying that these things were so .
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Then Paul ,
after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak ,
answered ,
Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation ,
I do the more cheerfully answer for myself :
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Because that thou mayest understand ,
that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship .
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And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man ,
neither raising up the people ,
neither in the synagogues ,
nor in the city :
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Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me .
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But this I confess unto thee ,
that after the way which they call heresy ,
so worship I the God of my fathers ,
believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets :
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And have hope toward God ,
which they themselves also allow ,
that there shall be a resurrection of the dead ,
both of the just and unjust .
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And herein do I exercise myself ,
to have always a conscience void of offence toward God ,
and toward men .
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Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation ,
and offerings .
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Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple ,
neither with multitude ,
nor with tumult .
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Who ought to have been here before thee ,
and object ,
if they had ought against me .
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Or else let these same here say ,
if they have found any evil doing in me ,
while I stood before the council ,
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Except it be for this one voice ,
that I cried standing among them ,
Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day .
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And when Felix heard these things ,
having more perfect knowledge of that way ,
he deferred them ,
and said ,
When Lysias the chief captain shall come down ,
I will know the uttermost of your matter .
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And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul ,
and to let him have liberty ,
and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him .
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And after certain days ,
when Felix came with his wife Drusilla ,
which was a Jewess ,
he sent for Paul ,
and heard him concerning the faith in Christ .
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And as he reasoned of righteousness ,
temperance ,
and judgment to come ,
Felix trembled ,
and answered ,
Go thy way for this time ;
when I have a convenient season ,
I will call for thee .
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He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul ,
that he might loose him :
wherefore he sent for him the oftener ,
and communed with him .
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But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix '
room :
and Felix ,
willing to shew the Jews a pleasure ,
left Paul bound .