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| Acts 24:1 | Five days after this, Ananias the High Priest came down to Caesarea with a number of Elders and a pleader called Tertullus. They stated to the Governor the case against Paul. | And after five days came down the chief priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator Tertullus, and they made manifest to the governor [the things] against Paul; | And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul. |
| Acts 24:2 | So Paul was sent for, and Tertullus began to impeach him as follows: "Indebted as we are," he said, "to you, most noble Felix, for the perfect peace which we enjoy, and for reforms which your wisdom has introduced to this nation, | and he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse [him], saying, `Much peace enjoying through thee, and worthy deeds being done to this nation through thy forethought, | And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence, |
| Acts 24:3 | in every instance and in every place we accept them with profound gratitude. | always, also, and everywhere we receive it, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness; | We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. |
| Acts 24:4 | But not to detain you too long I beg you in your forbearance to listen to a brief statement from us. | and that I may not be further tedious to thee, I pray thee to hear us concisely in thy gentleness; | Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. |
| Acts 24:5 | For we have found this man Paul a source of mischief and a disturber of the peace among all the Jews throughout the Empire, and a ringleader in the heresy of the Nazarenes. | 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 | For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: |
| Acts 24:6 | He even attempted to profane the Temple, but we arrested him. | who also the temple did try to profane, whom also we took, and according to our law did wish to judge, | Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law. |
| Acts 24:7 | [] | and Lysias the chief captain having come near, with much violence, out of our hands did take away, | But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands, |
| Acts 24:8 | You, however, by examining him, will yourself be able to learn the truth as to all this which we allege against him." | 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;` | Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him. |
| Acts 24:9 | The Jews also joined in the charge, maintaining that these were facts. | and the Jews also agreed, professing these things to be so. | And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. |
| Acts 24:10 | Then, at a sign from the Governor, Paul answered, "Knowing, Sir, that for many years you have administered justice to this nation, I cheerfully make my defence. | 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; | Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself: |
| Acts 24:11 | For you have it in your power to ascertain that it is not more than twelve days ago that I went up to worship in Jerusalem; | thou being able to know that it is not more than twelve days to me since I went up to worship in Jerusalem, | Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. |
| Acts 24:12 | and that neither in the Temple nor in the synagogues, nor anywhere in the city, did they find me disputing with any opponent or collecting a crowd about me. | 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; | And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: |
| Acts 24:13 | Nor can they prove the charges which they are now bringing against me. | nor are they able to prove against me the things concerning which they now accuse me. | Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. |
| Acts 24:14 | But this I confess to you that in the way which they style a heresy, I worship the God of our forefathers, believing everything that is taught in the Law or is written in the Prophets, | `And I confess this to thee, that, according to the way that they call a sect, so serve I the God of the fathers, believing all things that in the law and the prophets have been written, | But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: |
| Acts 24:15 | and having a hope directed towards God, which my accusers themselves also entertain, that before long there will be a resurrection both of the righteous and the unrighteous. | having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, [that] there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous; | And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. |
| Acts 24:16 | This too is my own earnest endeavour always to have a clear conscience in relation to God and man. | and in this I do exercise myself, to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always. | And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men. |
| Acts 24:17 | "Now after an interval of several years I came to bring alms to my nation, and to offer sacrifices. | `And after many years I came, about to do kind acts to my nation, and offerings, | Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings. |
| Acts 24:18 | While I was busy about these, they found me in the Temple purified, with no crowd around me and no uproar; but there were certain Jews from the province of Asia. | in which certain Jews from Asia did find me purified in the temple, not with multitude, nor with tumult, | Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult. |
| Acts 24:19 | They ought to have been here before you, and to have been my prosecutors, if they have any charge to bring against me. | whom it behoveth to be present before thee, and to accuse, if they had anything against me, | Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me. |
| Acts 24:20 | Or let these men themselves say what misdemeanour they found me guilty of when I stood before the Sanhedrin, | or let these same say if they found any unrighteousness in me in my standing before the sanhedrim, | Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council, |
| Acts 24:21 | unless it was in that one expression which I made use of when I shouted out as I stood among them, "`The resurrection of the dead is the thing about which I am on my trial before you to-day.'" | except concerning this one voice, in which I cried, standing among them Concerning a rising again of the dead I am judged to-day by you.` | Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day. |
| Acts 24:22 | At this point Felix, who was fairly well informed about the new faith, adjourned the trial, saying to the Jews, "When the Tribune Lysias comes down, I will enter carefully into the matter." | And having heard these things, Felix delayed them having known more exactly of the things concerning the way saying, `When Lysias the chief captain may come down, I will know fully the things concerning you;` | And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter. |
| Acts 24:23 | And he gave orders to the Captain that Paul was to be kept in custody, but be treated with indulgence, and that his personal friends were not to be prevented from showing him kindness. | having given also a direction to the centurion to keep Paul, to let [him] also have liberty, and to forbid none of his own friends to minister or to come near to him. | And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him. |
| Acts 24:24 | Not long after this, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, a Jewess, and sending for Paul, listened to him as he spoke about faith in Christ Jesus. | And after certain days, Felix having come with Drusilla his wife, being a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith toward Christ, | And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. |
| Acts 24:25 | But when he dealt with the subjects of justice, self-control, and the judgement which was soon to come, Felix became alarmed and said, "For the present leave me, and when I can find a convenient opportunity I will send for you." | and he reasoning concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment that is about to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, `For the present be going, and having got time, I will call for thee;` | And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. |
| Acts 24:26 | At the same time he hoped that Paul would give him money; and for this reason he sent for him the oftener to converse with him. | and at the same time also hoping that money shall be given to him by Paul, that he may release him, therefore, also sending for him the oftener, he was conversing with him; | He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him. |
| Acts 24:27 | But after the lapse of fully two years Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and being desirous of gratifying the Jews, Felix left Paul still in prison. | and two years having been fulfilled, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus; Felix also willing to lay a favour on the Jews, left Paul bound. | But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. |
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