Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 24:10

10 Xúnfǔ diǎn tóu jiào Bǎoluó shuōhuà , tā jiù shuō , wǒ zhīdào nǐ zaì zhè guó lǐ duàn shì duō nián , suǒyǐ wǒ lèyì wéi zìjǐ fēnsù .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 24:10 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 24:10

Then Paul, after the governor had beckoned unto him to
speak
Tertullus having finished his account, Paul was silent to his charge and calumnies, until the governor beckoned with his hand or head, or made some sign to him to speak for himself; which he might not do, until leave was given him; and then he

answered
as follows:

forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto
this nation;
some say he was in the thirteenth, others in the tenth year of his government; some copies read a "just judge"; but this does not so well agree with the character of Felix; (See Gill on Acts 24:27).

I do the more cheerfully answer for myself;
since if he had been such a mover of sedition everywhere, he must in this course of years have known or heard something of it; and seeing also he could be no stranger to the temper of the Jews, that they were given to envy, revenge, lying, and perjury, and therefore would not easily believe all they said, or rashly take their part, but rather would pity the apostle, who had fallen into such hands, and do him justice.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 24:10 In-Context

8 Nǐ zìjǐ jiū wèn tā , jiù kĕyǐ zhīdào wǒmen gào tāde yīqiè shì le .

9 Zhòng Yóutaìrén yĕ suí zhe gào tā shuō , shìqing chéngrán shì zhèyàng .

10 Xúnfǔ diǎn tóu jiào Bǎoluó shuōhuà , tā jiù shuō , wǒ zhīdào nǐ zaì zhè guó lǐ duàn shì duō nián , suǒyǐ wǒ lèyì wéi zìjǐ fēnsù .

11 Nǐ cháwèn jiù kĕyǐ zhīdào , cóng wǒ shàng Yēlùsǎlĕng lǐbaì , dào jīnrì , bú guò yǒu shí èr tiān .

12 Tāmen bìng méiyǒu kànjian wǒ zaì diàn lǐ , huò shì zaì gōngtáng lǐ , huò shì zaì chéng lǐ , hé rén biànlùn , sǒng dòng zhòngrén .