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Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult,
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who ought to have been here before thee and object if they had anything against me.
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Or else let these same
here say if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
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except it be for this one voice, that I cried out standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead, I am called in question by you this day.
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And when Felix heard these things, he deferred them, saying, I shall have more information regarding
that way, when Lysias the tribunal shall come down,
Then I will know the uttermost of your matter.
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And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul and to let
him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his own to minister or come unto him.
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And after certain days when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul and heard of him the faith which is in Christ.
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And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled and answered, Go away for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
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He hoped also that money should have been given him from Paul, that he might loose him; therefore he sent for him many times and communed with him.
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But after two years Felix received Porcius Festus as successor; and Felix, wanting to win the grace of the Jews, left Paul bound.