Acts 24:14-27 ▼

14 And I confess this to you, that, according to The Way that they call a sect, so I serve the God of the fathers, believing all things that have been written in the Law and the Prophets,

15 having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, [that] there is about to be a resurrection of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous;

16 and in this I exercise myself, to always have a conscience void of offense toward God and men.

17 And after many years I came, about to do kind acts to my nation, and offerings,

18 in which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with multitude, nor with tumult,

19 whom it is necessary to be present before you, and to accuse, if they had anything against me,

20 or let these same say if they found any unrighteousness in me in my standing before the Sanhedrin,

21 except concerning this one voice, in which I cried, standing among them—Concerning a resurrection of the dead I am judged by you today.”

22 And having heard these things, Felix delayed them—having known more exactly of the things concerning The Way—saying, “When Lysias the chief captain may come down, I will know fully the things concerning you”;

23 having also given a direction to the centurion to keep Paul, to let [him] also have liberty, and to forbid none of his own friends to minister or to come near to him.

24 And after certain days, Felix having come with his wife Drusilla, being a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning faith toward Christ,

25 and he reasoning concerning righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment that is about to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, “For the present be going, and having time, I will call for you”;

26 and at the same time also hoping that money will be given to him by Paul, that he may release him, therefore, also sending for him often, he was conversing with him;

27 and two years having been fulfilled, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus; Felix also willing to lay a favor on the Jews, left Paul bound.