But Felix,havinga more exactknowledgeaboutthe Way,put them off,saying,"WhenLysiasthe commandercomes down,I will decideyour case."
ThenHerodsecretlycalledthe magiand determinedfrom them the exact timethe starappeared.
When they askedhim to stayfor a longertime,he did not consent,
"For indeedwe are in dangerof being accusedof a riotin connectionwith today'sevents, since there is no[real] cause[for it], and in thisconnectionwe will be unableto accountfor thisdisorderly gathering."
When the governorhad noddedfor him to speak,Paulresponded:"Knowingthat for manyyearsyou have beena judgeto thisnation,I cheerfullymake my defense,
"But thisI admitto you, that accordingto the Waywhichthey calla sectI do servethe Godof our fathers,believingeverythingthat is in accordancewith the Lawand that is writtenin the Prophets;
But somedayslaterFelixarrivedwith Drusilla,his wifewho was a Jewess,and sentfor Pauland heardhim [speak] aboutfaithin ChristJesus.
"And he eventriedto desecratethe temple;and thenwe arrestedhim. [We wantedto judgehim accordingto our own Law.
"Yet I havenothingdefiniteabouthim to writeto my lord.ThereforeI have brought him beforeyou [all] and especiallybeforeyou, KingAgrippa,sothat after the investigationhas taken place,I may havesomethingto write.
especiallybecause you are an expertin allcustomsand questionsamong[the] Jews;thereforeI begyou to listento me patiently.
and askedfor lettersfrom him to the synagoguesat Damascus,sothat ifhe foundanybelongingto the Way,bothmenand women,he might bringthem boundto Jerusalem.
"The judgesshall investigatethoroughly,and ifthe witnessis a false witness[and] he has accusedhis brotherfalsely,
