XXIV: 1. When the Jews were commanded by Lysias to present their accusation before Felix, though disappointed in their first plot, they still hoped to accomplish his destruction, and made no delay in following up the prosecution. (1) "_ Now, after five days, Ananias the high priest, with the elders... [ Continue Reading ]
XXIV: 1. When the Jews were commanded by Lysias to present their accusation before Felix, though disappointed in their first plot, they still hoped to accomplish his destruction, and made no delay in following up the prosecution. (1) “_ Now, after five days, Ananias the high priest, with the elders... [ Continue Reading ]
2-9. The orator, Tertullus, was employed to plead the case before Felix, and the high priest and elders appeared as witnesses. (2) "_ And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying:_ (3) _Seeing that by you we have attained to great tranquility, and a prosperous administration is effe... [ Continue Reading ]
10-21. (10) "_ Then Paul answered (the governor nodding to him to speak): Knowing that you have been for many years a judge for this nation, I do the more cheerfully defend myself:_ (11) _for you are able to know that there are not more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem._ (12)... [ Continue Reading ]
22. His defense, though he had no witnesses present to prove his statements, had the desired effect upon Felix. (22) "_ And when Felix heard these things, knowing more accurately concerning that way, he put them off, and said, When Lysias the chiliarch comes down, I will thoroughly examine the matte... [ Continue Reading ]
23. When the Jews were dismissed, if Felix had possessed a strict regard for justice, he would have released Paul. As it was, he only relaxed the rigor of his previous confinement. (23) "_ And he commanded the centurion that Paul should be guarded, but have relaxation, and to forbid none of his frie... [ Continue Reading ]
24. "_ Now, after some days, Felix came, with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ._ Drusilla, according to Josephus, was a daughter of Herod Agrippa, whose persecutions of the apostles, and miserable death, we have considered in commen... [ Continue Reading ]
25. Under the summons to speak concerning the faith in Christ, Paul was at liberty to choose the special topic of discourse, and did so with direct reference to the character of his hearers. (25) " And as he reasoned concerning righteousness and temperance, and judgment to come, Felix, being full of... [ Continue Reading ]
26, 27. True to the character which Tacitus attributes to Felix, Luke adds that (26) "_ Hoping also that money would be given to him by Paul, so that he would release him, he therefore sent for him the oftener, and conversed with him._ (27) _But after two years Felix received Portius Festus as a suc... [ Continue Reading ]