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Chapter 24 And after five days Ananias the
high priest descended with the elders,

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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

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by thee we enjoy great quietness,
and that very worthy deeds are done unto

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this nation by thy providence,
we accept it always, and in all places,

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most noble Felix, with all thankfulness,
notwithstanding that I be not further

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tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou
wouldst hear us of thy clemency a few

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words.

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For we have found this man a pestilent
fellow, and a mover of sedition among all

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the Jews throughout the world,
and a ringleader of the sect of the

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Nazarenes, who also hath gone about to
profane the temple, whom we took,

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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

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of our hands, commanding his accusers to
come unto thee, by examining of whom

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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,

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Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of
many years a judge unto this nation,

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I do the more cheerfully answer for
myself, because that thou mayest

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understand that there are yet but twelve
days since I went up to Jerusalem for to

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worship.

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And they neither found me in the temple
disputing with any man, neither raising up

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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,

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so worship I, the God of my fathers,
believing all things which are written in

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the law and in the prophets, and have hope
toward God, which they themselves also

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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

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offense toward God and toward men.

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Now after many years I came to bring alms
to my nation and offerings, whereupon

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certain Jews from Asia found me purified
in the temple, neither with multitude nor

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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,

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while I stood before the council,
except it be for this one voice that I

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cried standing among them, touching the
resurrection of the dead, I am called in

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question by you this day.

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And when Felix heard these things,
having more perfect knowledge of that way,

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he deferred them and said, When Lysias,
the chief captain, shall come down,

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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

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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

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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,

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Felix trembled and answered, Go thy way
for this time.

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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

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him.

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Wherefore he sent for him the offener,
and communed with him.

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But after two years, Portius Festus came
into Felix's room, and Felix, willing to

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show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.