Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 24:22

22 Féilìsī bĕn shì xiángxì xiǎodé zhè dào , jiù zhī wú tāmen shuō , qiĕ dĕng qiā fú zhǎng lǚ xī yà xià lái , wǒ yào shĕn duàn nǐmen de shì .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 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.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 24:22 In-Context

20 Jì huò bù rán , zhèxie rén , ruò kàn chū wǒ zhàn zaì gōnghuì qián , yǒu wàng wéi de dìfang , tāmen zìjǐ yĕ kĕyǐ shuō míng .

21 Zòngrán yǒu , yĕ bú guò yī jù huà , jiù shì wǒ zhàn zaì tāmen zhōngjiān dàshēng shuō , wǒ jīnrì zaì nǐmen miànqián shòu shĕn , shì wéi sǐ rén fùhuó de dàoli

22 Féilìsī bĕn shì xiángxì xiǎodé zhè dào , jiù zhī wú tāmen shuō , qiĕ dĕng qiā fú zhǎng lǚ xī yà xià lái , wǒ yào shĕn duàn nǐmen de shì .

23 Yúshì fēnfu bǎifūzhǎng kānshǒu Bǎoluó bìngqiĕ kuān daì tā , yĕ bú lánzǔ tāde qéng yǒu lái gōngjǐ tā .

24 Guò le jǐ tiān , Féilìsī hé tā fūren Yóutaì de nǚzi tǔ Xīlā , yītóng lái dào , jiù jiào le Bǎoluó lái , tīng tā jiǎnglùn xìn Jīdū Yēsū de dào .