we acknowledge[this] in every wayand everywhere,most excellentFelix,with allthankfulness.
it seemed fittingfor me as well,having investigatedeverythingcarefullyfrom the beginning,to write[it] out for you in consecutive order,most excellentTheophilus;
[They were] alsoto providemountsto putPaulon and bring him safelyto Felixthe governor.
"ClaudiusLysias,to the most excellentgovernorFelix,greetings.
When thesehad cometo Caesareaand deliveredthe letterto the governor,they alsopresentedPaulto him.
After [Paul] had been summoned,Tertullusbeganto accusehim, saying[to the governor], "Since we have throughyou attainedmuchpeace,and since by your providencereformsare being carriedout for thisnation,
"But, that I may not wearyyou any further,I begyou to grantus, by your kindness,a briefhearing.
But Paulsaid,"I am not out of my mind,most excellentFestus,but I utterwordsof sobertruth.
