Acts 24:1-7 ▼

1 Five days later Ananias, the high priest, arrived with some of the Jewish elders and the lawyer Tertullus, to present their case against Paul to the governor.

2 When Paul was called in, Tertullus presented the charges against Paul in the following address to the governor: “You have provided a long period of peace for us Jews and with foresight have enacted reforms for us.

3 For all of this, Your Excellency, we are very grateful to you.

4 But I don’t want to bore you, so please give me your attention for only a moment.

5 We have found this man to be a troublemaker who is constantly stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the cult known as the Nazarenes.

6 Furthermore, he was trying to desecrate the Temple when we arrested him.

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