Apostelgeschichte 24:22

22 Da aber Felix solches hörte, zog er sie hin; denn er wußte gar wohl um diesen Weg und sprach: Wenn Lysias, der Hauptmann, herabkommt, so will ich eure Sache erkunden.

Apostelgeschichte 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.

Apostelgeschichte 24:22 In-Context

20 Oder laß diese selbst sagen, ob sie etwas Unrechtes an mir gefunden haben, dieweil ich stand vor dem Rat,

21 außer um des einzigen Wortes willen, da ich unter ihnen stand und rief: Über die Auferstehung der Toten werde ich von euch heute angeklagt.

22 Da aber Felix solches hörte, zog er sie hin; denn er wußte gar wohl um diesen Weg und sprach: Wenn Lysias, der Hauptmann, herabkommt, so will ich eure Sache erkunden.

23 Er befahl aber dem Unterhauptmann, Paulus zu behalten und lassen Ruhe haben und daß er niemand von den Seinen wehrte, ihm zu dienen oder zu ihm zu kommen.

24 Nach etlichen Tagen aber kam Felix mit seinem Weibe Drusilla, die eine Jüdin war, und forderte Paulus und hörte ihn von dem Glauben an Christus.