Acts 24:1-11 ▼

1 And, after five days, the high priest Ananias came down with certain elders, and a certain orator, Tertullus; who, indeed, informed the governor against Paul.

2 And, he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, "Seeing that, through you, we enjoy great peace, and reforms accrue to this nation through your forethought,

3 in every way and everywhere; we welcome it , most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.

4 "But, that I detain you no longer, I pray you to hear us briefly in your clemency.

5 For, finding this man a plague, and stirring up insurrections among the Jews throughout the inhabited earth , and a ring-leader of the sect of the Nazarenes;

6 who also attempted to desecrate the temple; whom also we seized.?

7 [But the chief captain Lysias came, and with great violence took him away out of our hands, commanding his accusers to come before you;]

8 from whom you will be able, after having examined him yourself, to obtain full knowledge of all these things of which we accuse him."

9 And the Jews also assented, affirming that these things were so.

10 And Paul answered, the governor having beckoned to him to speak: "Knowing that you, for many years, have been a judge to this nation, cheerfully do I make defense as to the things concerning myself;

11 since you are able clearly to know that there are not more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship;