FELIX

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• Acts 23:24

  He asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.

• Acts 23:25

  He wrote a letter like this:

• Acts 23:26

  “Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.

• Acts 23:27

  “This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

• Acts 23:28

  Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council.

• Acts 23:29

  I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment.

• Acts 23:30

  When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell.”

• Acts 23:31

  So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

• Acts 23:32

  But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks.

• Acts 23:33

  When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

• Acts 23:34

  When the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. When he understood that he was from Cilicia, he said,

• Acts 23:35

  “I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive.” He commanded that he be kept in Herod’s palace.

• Acts 24:25

  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.”

• Acts 24:26

  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.

• Acts 24:27

  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.

• Acts 25:14

  As he stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;