he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
Parallel translations
- WEB “I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive.” He commanded that he be kept in Herod’s palace.
- KJV I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
- NKJV he said, “I will hear you when your accusers also have come.” And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s Praetorium.
- NASB he said, “I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive as well,” giving orders for Paul to be kept in Herod’s Praetorium.
- NLT “I will hear your case myself when your accusers arrive,” the governor told him. Then the governor ordered him kept in the prison at Herod’s headquarters.
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Quick answer
Felix agrees to hear Paul fully once his accusers arrive and orders him held in Herod's palace. The case is set for a proper hearing with both sides present.
Overview
Roman justice required accusers to appear in person, so Felix defers judgment. Herod's palace (the Praetorium built by Herod the Great) now served as the governor's residence and held prisoners awaiting trial. Though confined, Paul is kept safe and given a legitimate forum, again showing God ordering events so that his witness may be heard and the truth made plain.
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- Acts 23:30When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.
- Acts 25:16I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
- Matt 27:27Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.
- Acts 24:22Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “When Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”
- Acts 24:1Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
- Acts 24:24–27After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.
- Matt 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
- Matt 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
- Matt 2:3When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
- John 18:28Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
- Acts 24:10When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.
- Acts 24:19who ought to appear before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.
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