Acts 24
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And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

we have.

Acts 6:13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceases not to speak …

Acts 16:20,21 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, …

Acts 17:6,7 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brothers …

Acts 21:28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teaches all …

Acts 22:22 And they gave him audience to this word, and then lifted up their …

Acts 28:22 But we desire to hear of you what you think: for as concerning this …

1 Kings 18:17,18 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, …

Jeremiah 38:4 Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech you, let this …

Amos 7:10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying…

Matthew 5:11,12 Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and …

Matthew 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant …

1 Corinthians 4:13 Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, …

and a mover.

1 Samuel 22:7-9 Then Saul said to his servants that stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites…

Ezra 4:12-19 Be it known to the king, that the Jews which came up from you to …

Nehemiah 6:5-8 Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in like manner the fifth time …

Esther 3:8 And Haman said to king Ahasuerus…

Luke 23:2,5,19,25 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting …

1 Peter 2:12-15,19 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas …

the sect.

Acts 24:14 But this I confess to you, that after the way which they call heresy, …

Acts 5:17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which …

Acts 15:5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, …

Acts 26:5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after …

Acts 28:22 But we desire to hear of you what you think: for as concerning this …

1 Corinthians 11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved …

Nazarenes.

Matthew 2:23 And he came and dwelled in a city called Nazareth: that it might …

Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

I confess.

Psalm 119:46 I will speak of your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

Matthew 10:32 Whoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess …

after.

Acts 9:2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if …

Acts 19:9,23 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spoke evil of …

Amos 8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Your god, O Dan, …

2 Peter 2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the …

heresy. See on ver.

Acts 24:5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition …

1 Corinthians 11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved …

Galatians 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, jealousies, wrath, strife, …

Titus 3:10 A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition reject;

2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there …

so.

Micah 4:2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the …

the God.

Acts 3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, …

Acts 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you slew and hanged on a tree.

Acts 7:32 Saying, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the …

Acts 22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen you, that you should …

Exodus 3:15 And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shall you say to the children …

1 Chronicles 29:18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers…

2 Timothy 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience…

believing.

Acts 3:22-24 For Moses truly said to the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your …

Acts 10:43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whoever …

Acts 26:22,27 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue to this day, witnessing …

Acts 28:23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into …

Luke 1:70 As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since …

See on

Luke 24:27,44 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them …

John 5:39-47 Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: …

1 Peter 1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which …

Revelation 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said to me, See you …

in the law.

Acts 13:15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the …

Matthew 7:12 Therefore all things whatever you would that men should do to you, …

Matthew 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Luke 16:16,29 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom …

John 1:45 Philip finds Nathanael, and said to him, We have found him, of whom …

Romans 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being …

And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.
Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

he.

Acts 17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in to them, and three sabbath days …

1 Samuel 12:7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the …

Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, said the LORD: though your …

Isaiah 41:21 Produce your cause, said the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, …

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you …

1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts…

righteousness.

Acts 24:15,26 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that …

2 Samuel 23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He that rules …

Job 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe …

Psalm 11:7 For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; his countenance does …

Psalm 45:7 You love righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore God, your …

Psalm 58:1,2 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, …

Psalm 72:2 He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with judgment.

Psalm 82:1-4 God stands in the congregation of the mighty; he judges among the gods…

Proverbs 16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne …

Ecclesiastes 3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness …

Isaiah 1:21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; …

Isaiah 16:5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit on …

Isaiah 61:8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; …

Jeremiah 22:3,15-17 Thus said the LORD; Execute you judgment and righteousness, and deliver …

Ezekiel 45:9 Thus said the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: …

Daniel 4:27 Why, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your …

Hosea 10:4,12 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus …

Amos 5:24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Amos 6:12 Shall horses run on the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for …

John 16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, …

1 John 3:7,10 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness …

temperance.

Proverbs 31:3-5 Give not your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings…

Ecclesiastes 10:16,17 Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat …

Isaiah 28:6,7 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sits in judgment, and for …

Daniel 5:1-4,30 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, …

Hosea 7:5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles …

Mark 6:18-24 For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your …

Galatians 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Titus 2:11,12 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men…

1 Peter 4:4 Wherein they think it strange that you run not with them to the same …

2 Peter 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience …

judgment.

Acts 10:42 And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that …

Acts 17:13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of …

Psalm 50:3,4 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour …

Ecclesiastes 3:17 I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: …

Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of …

Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you …

Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, …

Daniel 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, …

Matthew 25:31-46 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels …

Romans 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ …

Romans 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who …

2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every …

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall …

2 Timothy 4:1 I charge you therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who …

Hebrews 6:2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection …

Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment:

1 Peter 4:5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

Revelation 20:11-15 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose …

Felix.

Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said …

Acts 9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what will you have me …

Acts 16:29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and …

1 Kings 21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his …

2 Kings 22:19 Because your heart was tender, and you have humbled yourself before …

Ezra 10:3,9 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all …

Psalm 99:1 The LORD reigns; let the people tremble: he sits between the cherubim; …

Psalm 119:120 My flesh trembles for fear of you; and I am afraid of your judgments.

Isaiah 32:11 Tremble, you women that are at ease; be troubled, you careless ones: …

Isaiah 66:2 For all those things has my hand made, and all those things have …

Jeremiah 23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? said the LORD; and like a hammer that …

Habakkuk 3:16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness …

Romans 3:19,20 Now we know that what things soever the law said, it said to them …

1 Corinthians 14:24,25 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believes not, or …

Galatians 3:22 But the scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by …

Hebrews 4:1,12 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering …

Hebrews 12:21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

James 2:19 You believe that there is one God; you do well: the devils also believe, …

Go.

Acts 16:30-34 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved…

Acts 26:28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, Almost you persuade me to be a Christian.

1 Kings 22:26,27 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back to …

Proverbs 1:24-32 Because I have called, and you refused; I have stretched out my hand, …

Jeremiah 37:17-21 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked …

Jeremiah 38:14-28 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him …

Matthew 14:5-10 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, …

Matthew 22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, …

Matthew 25:1-10 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, which …

when.

Acts 17:32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: …

Proverbs 6:4,5 Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids…

Isaiah 55:6 Seek you the LORD while he may be found, call you on him while he is near:

Haggai 1:2 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time …

Luke 13:24,25 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will …

Luke 17:26-29 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days …

2 Corinthians 6:2 (For he said, I have heard you in a time accepted, and in the day …

Hebrews 3:7,8,13 Why (as the Holy Ghost said, To day if you will hear his voice…

Hebrews 4:11 Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall …

James 4:13,14 Go to now, you that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such …

He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

hoped.

Acts 24:2,3 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, …

Exodus 23:8 And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts …

Deuteronomy 16:19 You shall not wrest judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither …

1 Samuel 8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, …

1 Samuel 12:3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before …

2 Chronicles 19:7 Why now let the fear of the LORD be on you; take heed and do it: …

Job 15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall …

Psalm 26:9,10 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men…

Proverbs 17:8,23 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: wherever …

Proverbs 19:6 Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend …

Proverbs 29:4 The king by judgment establishes the land: but he that receives gifts …

Isaiah 1:23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one …

Isaiah 33:15 He that walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despises …

Isaiah 56:11 Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are …

Ezekiel 22:27 Her princes in the middle thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, …

Ezekiel 33:31 And they come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you …

Hosea 4:18 Their drink is sour: they have committed prostitution continually: …

Hosea 12:7,8 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress…

Amos 2:6,7 Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, …

Micah 3:11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach …

Micah 7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, …

1 Corinthians 6:9 Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of …

Ephesians 5:5,6 For this you know, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous …

1 Timothy 6:9,10 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and …

2 Peter 2:3,14,15 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise …

wherefore.

Acts 24:24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which …

But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
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