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# Acts 24 (New King James Version)
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Accused of Sedition
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##### Chapter 24
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###### 1 Now after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and a certain orator _named_ Tertullus. These gave evidence to the governor against Paul.
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###### 2 And when he was called upon, Tertullus began his accusation, saying: "Seeing that through you we enjoy great peace, and prosperity is being brought to this nation by your foresight,
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###### 3 we accept _it_ always and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
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###### 4 Nevertheless, not to be tedious to you any further, I beg you to hear, by your courtesy, a few words from us.
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###### 5 For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
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###### 6 He even tried to profane the temple, and we seized him, and wanted to judge him according to our law.
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###### 7 But the commander Lysias came by and with great violence took _him_ out of our hands,
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###### 8 commanding his accusers to come to you. By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him."
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###### 9 And the Jews also assented, maintaining that these things were so.The Defense Before Felix
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###### 10 Then Paul, after the governor had nodded to him to speak, answered: "Inasmuch as I know that you have been for many years a judge of this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself,
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###### 11 because you may ascertain that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
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###### 12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with anyone nor inciting the crowd, either in the synagogues or in the city.
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###### 13 Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.
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###### 14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets.
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###### 15 I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of _the_ dead, both of _the_ just and _the_ unjust.
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###### 16 This _being_ so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.
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###### 17 "Now after many years I came to bring alms and offerings to my nation,
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###### 18 in the midst of which some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with a mob nor with tumult.
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###### 19 They ought to have been here before you to object if they had anything against me.
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###### 20 Or else let those who are _here_ themselves say if they found any wrongdoing in me while I stood before the council,
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###### 21 unless _it is_ for this one statement which I cried out, standing among them, 'Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you this day.' "Felix Procrastinates
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###### 22 But when Felix heard these things, having more accurate knowledge of _the_ Way, he adjourned the proceedings and said, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will make a decision on your case."
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###### 23 So he commanded the centurion to keep Paul and to let _him_ have liberty, and told him not to forbid any of his friends to provide for or visit him.
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###### 24 And after some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
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###### 25 Now as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and answered, "Go away for now; when I have a convenient time I will call for you."
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###### 26 Meanwhile he also hoped that money would be given him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore he sent for him more often and conversed with him.
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###### 27 But after two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix; and Felix, wanting to do the Jews a favor, left Paul bound.
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