20 Or let these themselves say, if they have found any unjust thing in me, while I stood in the [a]Council,

21 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Of the resurrection of the dead am I accused of you this day.

22 [b]Now when Felix heard these things, he deferred them, and said, When I shall more [c]perfectly know the things which concern this way, by the coming of Lysias the chief Captain, I will decide your matter.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 24:20 Whither the Tribune brought me.
  2. Acts 24:22 The Judge suspendeth his sentence, because the matter is doubtful.
  3. Acts 24:22 Felix could not judge whether he had done wickedly in the matters of his religion or no, until he had better understanding of that way which Paul professed: and as for other matters touching the sedition, he thinketh good to defer it till he hears Lysias, and therefore he gave Paul somewhat more liberty.

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