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Acts 24:22-24
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Paul Held Awaiting Trial

22 But Felix, because he[a] understood the facts concerning the Way more accurately, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the military tribune comes down, I will decide your case.”[b] 23 He ordered[c] the centurion for him to be guarded and to have some freedom, and in no way to prevent any of his own people[d] from serving him.

24 And after some days, when[e] Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and listened to him concerning faith in Christ Jesus.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 24:22 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“understood”) which is understood as causal
  2. Acts 24:22 Literally “the case with respect to you”
  3. Acts 24:23 Here this participle (“ordered”) has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style
  4. Acts 24:23 This could refer to either friends or relatives
  5. Acts 24:24 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“arrived”) which is understood as temporal
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