Acts 24:14-24

14 "But this I admit to you, that according to ¹the Way which they call a ²sect I do serve ³the God of our fathers, ⁴believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets;

15 having a hope in God, which ⁵these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

16 "In view of this, ⁶I also do my best to maintain always * a blameless conscience both before God and before men.

17 "Now ⁷after several years I ⁸came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings;

18 in which they found me occupied in the temple, having been ⁹purified, without * any ¹⁰crowd or uproar. But there were some ¹¹Jews from Asia -

19 who ought to have been present before you and to ¹²make accusation, if they should have anything against me.

20 "Or else let these men themselves tell what misdeed they found when I stood before ¹³the Council,

21 other than for this one statement which ¹⁴I shouted out while standing among them, 'For the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you today.' "

22 But Felix, having a more exact knowledge about ¹⁵the Way, put them off, saying, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case *."

23 Then he gave orders to the centurion for him to be ¹⁶kept in custody and yet ¹⁷have some freedom, and not to prevent any of ¹⁸his friends from ministering to him.

24 But some days later Felix arrived with Drusilla, his wife who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him speak about ¹⁹faith in Christ Jesus.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 9:2; Acts 24:22
• 2. Acts 15:5; Acts 24:5
• 3. Acts 3:13
• 4. Acts 25:8; Acts 26:4ff, 22; Acts 28:23
• 5. Daniel 12:2; John 5:28; John 11:24; Acts 23:6
• 6. Acts 23:1
• 7. Acts 20:31
• 8. Acts 11:29; Romans 15:25-28; 1 Corinthians 16:1-4; 2 Corinthians 8:1-4; 2 Corinthians 9:1, 2, 12; Galatians 2:10
• 9. Acts 21:26
• 10. Acts 24:12
• 11. Acts 21:27
• 12. Acts 23:30
• 13. Matthew 5:22
• 14. Acts 23:6; Acts 24:15
• 15. Acts 24:14
• 16. Acts 23:35
• 17. Acts 28:16
• 18. Acts 23:16; Acts 27:3
• 19. Acts 20:21

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "the ancestral God"
• [b]. Lit "practice myself"
• [c]. Or "gifts to charity"
• [d]. I.e. west coast province of Asia Minor
• [e]. Or "Sanhedrin"
• [f]. Lit "knowing more accurately"
• [g]. I.e. chiliarch, in command of one thousand troops
• [h]. Lit "own wife"