Acts 24:22-24
1599 Geneva Bible
22 [a]Now when Felix heard these things, he deferred them, and said, When I shall more [b]perfectly know the things which concern this way, by the coming of Lysias the chief Captain, I will decide your matter.
23 [c]Then he commanded a Centurion to keep Paul, and that he should have ease, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister unto him, or to come unto him.
24 ¶ And after certain days, came Felix with his wife [d]Drusilla, which was a Jewess, and he called forth Paul, and heard him of the faith in Christ.
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- Acts 24:22 The Judge suspendeth his sentence, because the matter is doubtful.
- 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.
- Acts 24:23 God is a most faithful keeper of his servants, and the force of the truth is wonderful, even amongst men which are otherwise profane.
- Acts 24:24 This Drusilla was Agrippa’s sister, of whom Luke speaketh afterward, a very harlot and licentious woman, and being the wife of Azizus king of the Emesens, who was circumcised, departed from him, and went to Felix, the brother of one Pallas, who was sometime Nero’s bondman.
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