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Acts - ch 24 v 1 - 20
- And after five days came down the high priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator called Tertullus, and laid their informations against Paul before the governor.
- And he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse, saying, Seeing we enjoy great peace through thee, and that excellent measures are executed for this nation by thy forethought,
- we receive it always and everywhere, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.
- But that I may not too much intrude on thy time, I beseech thee to hear us briefly in thy kindness.
- For finding this man a pest, and moving sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the sect of the Nazaraeans;
- who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we also had seized, [and would have judged according to our law;
- but Lysias, the chiliarch, coming up, took him away with great force out of our hands,
- having commanded his accusers to come to thee;] of whom thou canst thyself, in examining him, know the certainty of all these things of which we accuse him.
- And the Jews also joined in pressing the matter against Paul, saying that these things were so.
- But Paul, the governor having beckoned to him to speak, answered, Knowing that for many years thou hast been judge to this nation, I answer readily as to the things which concern myself.
- As thou mayest know that there are not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem,
- and neither in the temple did they find me discoursing to any one, or making any tumultuous gathering together of the crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;
- neither can they make good the things of which they now accuse me.
- But this I avow to thee, that in the way which they call sect, so I serve my fathers' God, believing all things which are written throughout the law, and in the prophets;
- having hope towards God, which they themselves also receive, that there is to be a resurrection both of just and unjust.
- For this cause I also exercise myself to have in everything a conscience without offence towards God and men.
- And after a lapse of many years I arrived, bringing alms to my nation, and offerings.
- Whereupon they found me purified in the temple, with neither crowd nor tumult. But it was certain Jews from Asia,
- who ought to appear before thee and accuse, if they have anything against me;
- or let these themselves say what wrong they found in me when I stood before the council,
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