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20 Or let these say themselves any unrighteousness they found in my having stood before the Council, 21 other than concerning this one voice in which I cried out standing among them: ‘I am judged by you? this day concerning the resurrection of the dead.’” 22 But Felix, having known more precisely the things concerning the Way, put them off, having said, “When Lysias the commander shall have come down, I will examine the things as to you?,” 23 having commanded the centurion to keep him and to let him have ease and not to forbid his own to minister to him. 24 Then after some days Felix, having arrived with his own wife Drusilla, being a Jewess, sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus. 25 And in his reasoning concerning righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix, having become frightened, answered, “Be going for the present, and having found opportunity, I will call for you,” 26 at the same time also hoping that riches will be given to him by Paul. Therefore also, sending for him often, he was talking with him. 27 But two years having been completed, Felix received Porcius Festus as successor, and wishing to acquire for himself favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul bound. Acts 24:20-27, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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