Acts 24:1-7 ▼

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;]