1 Five|strong="G4002" days|strong="G2250" afterwards the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest Ananias came|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" with|strong="G3326" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" elders|strong="G4245" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" barrister named|strong="G5061" Tertullus|strong="G5061". They|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2532" information with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" Governor|strong="G2232" against|strong="G2596" Paul|strong="G3972";
2 and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" hearing came|strong="G1096" on|strong="G1161", Tertullus|strong="G5061" began|strong="G1096" his|strong="G1223" speech for|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" prosecution.
3 ‘We|strong="G2532" owe it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" your|strong="G4674" Excellency,’ he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G2532", ‘that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" enjoying profound peace|strong="G1515", and|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" owe it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" your|strong="G4674" foresight|strong="G4307" that|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" nation|strong="G1484" is|strong="G3588" constantly|strong="G1223" securing reforms|strong="G1357" – advantages which|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" very|strong="G4183" gratefully|strong="G3326" accept at|strong="G1223" all|strong="G3956" times and|strong="G2532" places|strong="G3837".
4 But|strong="G1161" – not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2443" be|strong="G3361" tedious|strong="G1465" – I|strong="G1473" beg|strong="G3870" you|strong="G4771", with|strong="G1909" your|strong="G4674" accustomed fairness, to|strong="G2443" listen to|strong="G2443" a|strong="G1909" brief|strong="G4935" statement of|strong="G1909" our|strong="G1909" case|strong="G3588".
5 We|strong="G1063" have|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" a|strong="G2532" public pest|strong="G3061"; he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" stirs|strong="G2795" up|strong="G2532" disputes among|strong="G2596" our|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" world|strong="G3625" over|strong="G2596", and|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" ringleader|strong="G4414" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Nazarene|strong="G3480" heretics.
6 He|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" attempted to|strong="G2532" desecrate the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="G2411" itself, but|strong="G2532" we|strong="G3739" caught him|strong="G3588";
8 and|strong="G3956" you|strong="G3739" will|strong="G3739" be|strong="G1410" able|strong="G1410", by|strong="G3844" examining him|strong="G3739" on|strong="G4012" all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" points|strong="G3956", to|strong="G1410" satisfy yourself as|strong="G3739" to|strong="G1410" the|strong="G3956" charges|strong="G2723" which|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G3956" bringing against|strong="G4012" him|strong="G3739".’
9 The|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" crowd also|strong="G2532" joined|strong="G4934" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" attack and|strong="G2532" bore out|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2192" statements.
10 On|strong="G1537" a|strong="G1510" sign from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" Governor|strong="G2232", Paul|strong="G3972" made|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778" reply|strong="G3004":
11 For|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" can|strong="G1410" easily|strong="G3756" verify|strong="G1921" that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" more|strong="G4119" than|strong="G4183" twelve|strong="G1427" days|strong="G2250" ago that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" went|strong="G3739" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" worship|strong="G4352" at|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419",
12 where|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" prosecutors never|strong="G3777" found|strong="G2147" me|strong="G1473" holding discussions with|strong="G1722" anyone|strong="G5100", or|strong="G2228" causing|strong="G4160" a|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793" to|strong="G4314" collect – either|strong="G2228" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413", or|strong="G2228" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" synagogues|strong="G4864", or|strong="G2228" about|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1722" city|strong="G4172";
13 and|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3739" cannot|strong="G1410" establish the|strong="G3739" charges|strong="G2723" which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3739" now|strong="G3570" making against|strong="G4012" me|strong="G1473".
14 This|strong="G3778", however|strong="G1161", I|strong="G3739" do|strong="G2532" acknowledge|strong="G3670" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771", that|strong="G3754" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" believer in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Way|strong="G3598" which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" call|strong="G3004" heretical, that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G3739" worship|strong="G3000" the|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2316" my|strong="G1722" ancestors. At|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" same|strong="G3778" time|strong="G1722", I|strong="G3739" believe|strong="G4100" everything|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" accordance|strong="G2596" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551" and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" written|strong="G1125" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" prophets|strong="G4396";
15 and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" hope|strong="G1680" that|strong="G3739" rests in|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316" – a|strong="G2192" hope|strong="G1680" which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" cherish|strong="G4327" – that|strong="G3739" there|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" one|strong="G3739" day|strong="G3588" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2192" resurrection of|strong="G2316" good|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" bad alike|strong="G5037".
16 This|strong="G3778" being|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532", I|strong="G2532" strive at|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" times to|strong="G4314" keep|strong="G2192" my|strong="G1722" conscience|strong="G4893" clear before|strong="G4314" both|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956".
17 After|strong="G1161" some|strong="G3588" years|strong="G2094"’ absence I|strong="G1473" had|strong="G2532" come|strong="G3854" to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G4160" charitable gifts|strong="G1654" to|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1473" nation|strong="G1484", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" make|strong="G4160" offerings|strong="G4376";
18 and|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" while|strong="G1722" engaged|strong="G3739" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G1161" found|strong="G2147" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413", after|strong="G3326" completing a|strong="G1722" period of|strong="G5100" purification, but|strong="G1161" not|strong="G3756" with|strong="G3326" any|strong="G5100" crowd|strong="G3793" or|strong="G3761" disorder.
19 There|strong="G2532" were|strong="G2532", however|strong="G1161", some|strong="G5100" Jews|strong="G2453" from|strong="G2532" Roman Asia who|strong="G3739" ought|strong="G1163" to|strong="G4314" have|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" here|strong="G3918" before|strong="G1909" you|strong="G4771", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" have|strong="G2192" made|strong="G1161" any|strong="G5100" charge|strong="G2723" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" against|strong="G1909" me|strong="G1473" –
20 Or|strong="G2228" else|strong="G2228" let|strong="G2228" my|strong="G1473" opponents here|strong="G3778" say|strong="G3004" what|strong="G5101" they|strong="G3588" found|strong="G2147" wrong in|strong="G1909" me|strong="G1473" when|strong="G2147" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" before|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1909" Council|strong="G4892",
21 except|strong="G2228" as|strong="G1722" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1520" sentence|strong="G1473" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" shouted|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896" as|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" stood|strong="G2476" among|strong="G1722" them|strong="G1722" – “It|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3778" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1722" resurrection of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" on|strong="G1909" my|strong="G1722" trial|strong="G2919" before|strong="G1909" you|strong="G5210" today|strong="G4594"”.’
22 Felix|strong="G5344", however|strong="G1161", adjourned the|strong="G1161" case|strong="G3588" – though|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" a|strong="G3708" fairly accurate knowledge|strong="G1492" of|strong="G4012" all|strong="G2596" that|strong="G3588" concerned the|strong="G1161" Way|strong="G3598" – with|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1161" promise, ‘When|strong="G3752" Lysias|strong="G3079", the|strong="G1161" commanding officer, comes|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597", I|strong="G1161" will|strong="G3004" give|strong="G3004" my|strong="G3708" decision in|strong="G2596" your|strong="G3708" case|strong="G3588".’
23 So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G2532" orders|strong="G1299" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" centurion|strong="G1543" in|strong="G2532" charge of|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" keep|strong="G5083" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" custody|strong="G5083", but|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" relax the|strong="G2532" regulations, and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3367" to|strong="G2532" prevent|strong="G2967" any|strong="G3367" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2398" personal friends|strong="G2398" from|strong="G2532" attending to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2398" wants.
24 Some|strong="G5100" days|strong="G2250" later|strong="G3326" Felix|strong="G5344" came|strong="G3854" with|strong="G3326" his|strong="G1519" wife|strong="G1135" Drusilla|strong="G1409", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" Jewish|strong="G2453", and|strong="G2532", sending for|strong="G1519" Paul|strong="G3972", listened to|strong="G1519" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2424" to|strong="G1519" say|strong="G2532" about|strong="G4012" faith|strong="G4102" in|strong="G1519" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424".
25 But|strong="G1161", while|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G1256" was|strong="G1096" speaking at|strong="G4012" length about|strong="G4012" righteousness|strong="G1343", self-control|strong="G1466", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" coming|strong="G1096" judgment|strong="G2917", Felix|strong="G5344" became|strong="G1096" terrified|strong="G1719", and|strong="G2532" interrupted him|strong="G3588" – ‘Go|strong="G4198" for|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" present|strong="G3568", but|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" I|strong="G2532" find|strong="G3335" an|strong="G2192" opportunity|strong="G2540", I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G3195" send for|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771" again|strong="G2532".’
26 He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" hoping|strong="G1679", too|strong="G2532", for|strong="G3754" a|strong="G2532" bribe from|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972", and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" used to|strong="G2532" send|strong="G3343" for|strong="G3754" him|strong="G3588" frequently|strong="G4437" and|strong="G2532" talk with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588".
27 But|strong="G1161", after|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" lapse of|strong="G5485" two|strong="G1333" years|strong="G1333", Felix|strong="G5344" was|strong="G3588" succeeded|strong="G1240" by|strong="G2453" Porcius|strong="G4201" Festus|strong="G5347"; and|strong="G1161", wishing|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" gain popularity with|strong="G4137" the|strong="G1161" Jewish|strong="G2453" leaders, he|strong="G1161" left|strong="G2641" Paul|strong="G3972" a|strong="G2983" prisoner.