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"Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings,
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whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, with neither crowd nor tumult.
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These ought to have been here before thee to object if they had aught against me;
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or else let these same say here if they have found any evildoing in me when I stood before the council,
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unless it be for this one utterance that I cried out standing among them: `Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am called into question by you this day.'"
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And when Felix heard these things, having a more complete knowledge of that Way, he deferred the hearing and said, "When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter."
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And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, but to let him have some liberties, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintances to minister or come unto him.
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And after some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jew, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
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And as Paul reasoned about righteousness, temperance, and the Judgment to come, Felix trembled and answered, "Go thy way for this time. When I have a convenient occasion I will call for thee."
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He hoped also that money would be given him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore he sent for him the oftener and communed with him.
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But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix's position; and Felix, wanting to show the Jews a favor, left Paul bound.