1
Within five days, the Chief Priest Ananias arrived with a contingent of leaders, along with Tertullus, a trial lawyer. They presented the governor with their case against Paul.
2
When Paul was called before the court, Tertullus spoke for the prosecution: "Most Honorable Felix, we are most grateful in all times and places for your wise and gentle rule.
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We are much aware that it is because of you and you alone that we enjoy all this peace and gain daily profit from your reforms.
4
I'm not going to tire you out with a long speech. I beg your kind indulgence in listening to me. I'll be quite brief.
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"We've found this man time and again disturbing the peace, stirring up riots against Jews all over the world, the ringleader of a seditious sect called Nazarenes.
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He's a real bad apple, I must say. We caught him trying to defile our holy Temple and arrested him.