Acts 24:1-13 ▼

1 And after five days, the high-priest Ananias came down with the elders, and one Tertulius an orator, who appeared before the governor against Paul.

2 And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, "As by thee we enjoy much peace, and glorious things are done to this nation by thy prudent administration,

3 we acknowledge it upon all occasions and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.

4 But that I may not trespass upon thee too far, I beg thou wouldst hear us a few words with thy wonted goodness.

5 For having found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ring-leader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

6 and attempting to profane the temple, we apprehended him, and would have judged him according to our law.

7 But Lysias the tribune came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands, commanding his accusers to come unto thee:

8 from whom thou mayst thyself by examining him come to the knowledge of all these things of which we accuse him."

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

10 Then Paul, when the governor permitted him to speak, answered in this manner, "As I know that thou hast been many years a judge to this nation, I do the more chearfully answer for myself:

11 because thou mayst know, that there are not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem:

12 and they neither found me disputing with any one in the temple, or making sedition among the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:

13 nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.