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\v 1 After five days, Ananias the chief priest, certain elders, and an orator named Tertullus, went there. These men brought charges against Paul to the governor.
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\v 2 When Paul stood before the governor, Tertullus began to accuse him and said to the governor, "Because of you we have great peace; and your foresight brings good reform to our nation;
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\v 3 so with all thankfulness we welcome everything that you do, most excellent Felix.
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\v 4 So that I detain you no more, I ask you to briefly listen to me with kindness.
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\v 5 For we have found this man to be a pest and one who causes all the Jews throughout the world to rebel. He is a leader of the Nazarene sect.
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\v 6 He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him. \f + \ft Some ancient copies add, \fqa "And we wanted to judge him according to our our law. \f*
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\v 7 \f + \ft Some ancient copies have vs 7: \fqa But Lysias, the officer, came and took him by force out of our hands. \f*
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\v 8 When you question Paul about all these matters, you will be able to learn what we accuse him of."
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\f + \ft Some ancient copies add to the first part of vs 8, \fqa sending us to you.\fqa* \f*
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\v 9 The Jews together accused Paul, too, and said that these things were true.
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\v 10 But when the governor motioned for Paul to speak, Paul answered, "I understand that for many years you have been a judge to this nation, and so I gladly explain myself to you.
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\v 11 You are able to verify that it has not been more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem;
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\v 12 and when they found me in the temple, I did not argue with anyone, and I did not stir up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city;
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\v 13 and they cannot prove to you the accusations that they make against me now.
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\v 14 But I admit this to you, that according to the way that they call a sect, in that same way I serve the God of our fathers. I am faithful to all that is in the law and the writings of the prophets.
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\v 15 I have the same confidence in God, just as these men also wait for it, the coming resurrection of the dead, of both the righteous ones and the unrighteous ones;
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\v 16 and in this, I work to have a conscience without blame before God and men through all things.
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\v 17 Now after many years I came to bring help to my nation and gifts of money.
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\v 18 When I did this, certain Jews from Asia found me in a purification ceremony in the temple, not with a crowd or an uproar.
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\v 19 These men ought to be before you now and say what they have against me, if they have anything.
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\v 20 Or else, these same men should say what wrong they found in me when I stood before the Jewish council;
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\v 21 unless it is about this one thing that I said out loud when I stood among them, 'It is about the resurrection of the dead that I am being judged today by you.'"
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\v 22 Felix was well informed about the Way, and so he ajourned the hearing. He said, "Whenever Lysias the commander comes down from Jerusalem, I will decide your case."
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\v 23 Then he commanded the centurion to guard Paul, but to have leniency, and that no one should stop his friends from helping him or from visiting him.
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\v 24 After some days, Felix returned with Druscilla his wife, a Jewess, and he sent for Paul and he heard from him about faith in Christ Jesus.
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\v 25 But when Paul reasoned with him about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for now. But when I have the opportunity later on, I will send for you."
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\v 26 At the same time, he was hoping that Paul would give money to him, so he often sent for him and spoke with him.
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\v 27 But when two years passed, Porcius Festus became the governor after Felix, but Felix wanted to gain favor with the Jews, so he left Paul to continue under guard.
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