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Acts 24:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Acts 24:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 24
Paul’s Second Trial—before Felix.[a] 1 Five days later, the high priest Ananias came down with some of the elders and an advocate named Tertullus, and they presented charges against Paul to the governor. 2 Then Paul was summoned, and Tertullus began the prosecution.
He said, “Because of you we have enjoyed an unbroken period of peace, and reforms have been made in this nation as a result of your caring concern. 3 We acknowledge this everywhere and in every way with the utmost gratitude, most noble Felix.
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- Acts 24:1 The language is that of grave accusations and fine speeches. Once again, Paul dispels the Jewish accusations and the Roman suspicions. He is given a trial, but those who are directly opposed to him, and should be there, are missing, i.e., the Jews of Asia who stirred up more than one riot against him during his missionary journeys. Accusations leveled at him are not backed up by the facts. More profoundly—and herein lies the problem—the first Christians are convinced that their faith is not a perversion of, a secession from, or an opposition to Judaism but the fulfillment of its historical hope. The resurrection is their most ineradicable certitude. But this belief also exists among some people in Israel. More and more in the course of the trial, stress is placed on the subject of the hope of the resurrection.
