Chapter 24, verse 20 - Chapter 25, verse 5
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Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,
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unless it is for this one thing that I cried standing among them, ‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged before you today!’”
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But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, “When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will decide your case.”
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He ordered the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody, and should have some privileges, and not to forbid any of his friends to serve him or to visit him.
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But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.
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As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”
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Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often, and talked with him.
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But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.
Chapter 25
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Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
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Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,
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asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem
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However Festus answered that Paul should be kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart shortly.
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“Let them therefore,” said he, “that are in power among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him.”
