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Acts 24:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Felix knew a lot about the Lord's Way. But he brought the trial to an end and said, “I will make my decision after Lysias the commander arrives.”

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Herod secretly called in the wise men and asked them when they had first seen the star.

They asked him to stay longer, but he refused.

We could easily be accused of starting a riot today. There is no excuse for it! We cannot even give a reason for this uproar.

The governor motioned for Paul to speak, and he began: I know that you have judged the people of our nation for many years, and I am glad to defend myself in your court.

I admit that their leaders think that the Lord's Way which I follow is based on wrong beliefs. But I still worship the same God that my ancestors worshipped. And I believe everything written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets.

Several days later Felix and his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, went to the place where Paul was kept under guard. They sent for Paul and listened while he spoke to them about having faith in Christ Jesus.

When he tried to disgrace the temple, we arrested him. If you question him, you will find out for yourself that our charges are true.

I have to write some facts about this man to the Emperor. So I have brought him before all of you, but especially before you, King Agrippa. After we have talked about his case, I will then have something to write.

You know a lot about our religious customs and the beliefs that divide us. So I ask you to listen patiently to me.

and asked for letters to the Jewish leaders in Damascus. He did this because he wanted to arrest and take to Jerusalem any man or woman who had accepted the Lord's Way.




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