Atti 24:22

22 Or Felice, che ben conosceva quel che concerneva questa Via, li rimandò a un’altra volta, dicendo: Quando sarà sceso il tribuno Lisia, esaminerò il fatto vostro.

Atti 24:22 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 24:22

And when Felix heard these things
Which were said on both sides, both by plaintiff and defendant, the charges brought against Paul, and his answer to them, as a judge ought to do:

having more perfect knowledge of that way;
the Christian religion, which the Jews called heresy, and Paul had embraced; the sense is, either that he had a more perfect knowledge of it than he had before; and by what Paul had said, he saw that it was not contrary to the law, nor had any tendency to promote sedition and tumult; or rather, when he should have more perfect knowledge of this new way, called the sect of the Nazarenes, he would determine this cause, and not before: wherefore

he deferred
them; put them off to longer time, and would make no decision in favour of one side or the other:

and said, when Lysias the chief captain shall come
from Jerusalem to Caesarea,

I will know the uttermost of your matters:
as for the way, or religion of the Christians, he proposed doubtless to consult other persons; and as for the profanation of the temple, and especially about stirring up of sedition, he would inquire of Lysias about that; and when he had got full information of these particulars, then he promised them to bring things to an issue, and finish the cause.

Atti 24:22 In-Context

20 D’altronde dicano costoro qual misfatto hanno trovato in me, quando mi presentai dinanzi al Sinedrio;

21 se pur non si tratti di quest’unica parola che gridai, quando comparvi dinanzi a loro: E’ a motivo della risurrezione de’ morti, che io son oggi giudicato da voi.

22 Or Felice, che ben conosceva quel che concerneva questa Via, li rimandò a un’altra volta, dicendo: Quando sarà sceso il tribuno Lisia, esaminerò il fatto vostro.

23 E ordinò al centurione che Paolo fosse custodito, ma lasciandogli una qualche libertà, e non vietando ad alcuno de’ suoi di rendergli de’ servigi.

24 Or alcuni giorni dopo, Felice, venuto con Drusilla sua moglie, che era giudea, mandò a chiamar Paolo, e l’ascoltò circa la fede in Cristo Gesù.