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always, also, and everywhere we receive it, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness;
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and that I may not be further tedious to thee, I pray thee to hear us concisely in thy gentleness;
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for having found this man a pestilence, and moving a dissension to all the Jews through the world -- a ringleader also of the sect of the Nazarenes --
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who also the temple did try to profane, whom also we took, and according to our law did wish to judge,
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and Lysias the chief captain having come near, with much violence, out of our hands did take away,
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having commanded his accusers to come to thee, from whom thou mayest be able, thyself having examined, to know concerning all these things of which we accuse him;'
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and the Jews also agreed, professing these things to be so.
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And Paul answered -- the governor having beckoned to him to speak -- `Knowing [that] for many years thou hast been a judge to this nation, the more cheerfully the things concerning myself I do answer;
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thou being able to know that it is not more than twelve days to me since I went up to worship in Jerusalem,
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and neither in the temple did they find me reasoning with any one, or making a dissension of the multitude, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;
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nor are they able to prove against me the things concerning which they now accuse me.