<vn='1'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3326">after</s><sn="4002">five</s><sn="2250">days</s><sn="367">Ananias</s><sn="3588">the</s> high <sn="749">priest</s><sn="2597">descended</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4245">elders</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> with a <sn="5100">certain</s><sn="4489">orator</s> named <sn="5061">Tertullus</s>, <sn="3748">who</s><sn="1718">informed</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2232">governor</s><sn="2596">against</s><sn="3972">Paul</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1161">And</s> when <sn="846">he</s> was called <sn="2564">forth</s>, <sn="5061">Tertullus</s><sn="756">began</s> to <sn="2723">accuse</s> him, <sn="3004">saying</s>, Seeing that <sn="1223">by</s><sn="4675">thee</s> we <sn="5177">enjoy</s><sn="4183">great</s><sn="1515">quietness</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> that very worthy <sn="2735">deeds</s> are <sn="1096">done</s> unto <sn="5129">this</s><sn="1484">nation</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="4674">thy</s><sn="4307">providence</s>, </v>
<vn='3'>We <sn="588">accept</s><sn="*5037">it</s><sn="3839">always</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> in all <sn="3837">places</s>, most <sn="2903">noble</s><sn="5344">Felix</s>, <sn="3326">with</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="2169">thankfulness</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1161">Notwithstanding</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> I be not further <sn="1465 3361 1909 4119">tedious</s> unto <sn="4571">thee</s>, I <sn="3870">pray</s> thee that <sn="4571">thou</s> wouldest <sn="191">hear</s><sn="2257">us</s> of <sn="4674">thy</s><sn="1932">clemency</s> a few <sn="4935">words</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1063">For</s> we have <sn="2147">found</s><sn="5126">this</s><sn="435">man</s> a <sn="3061">pestilent</s> fellow, <sn="2532">and</s> a <sn="2795">mover</s> of <sn="4714">sedition</s> among <sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2453">Jews</s><sn="2596">throughout</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3625">world</s>, <sn="5037">and</s> a <sn="4414">ringleader</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="139">sect</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3480">Nazarenes</s>: </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3739">Who</s><sn="2532">also</s> hath gone <sn="3985">about</s> to <sn="953">profane</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2411">temple</s>: <sn="3739">whom</s> we <sn="2902">took</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2309">would</s> have <sn="2919">judged</s><sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="2251">our</s><sn="3551">law</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3588">the</s> chief <sn="5506">captain</s><sn="3079">Lysias</s><sn="3928">came</s> upon us, and <sn="3326">with</s><sn="4183">great</s><sn="970">violence</s> took him <sn="520">away</s> out <sn="1537">of</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="5495">hands</s>, </v>
<vn='8'><sn="2753">Commanding</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="2725">accusers</s> to <sn="2064">come</s><sn="1909">unto</s><sn="4571">thee</s>: by <sn="350">examining</s><sn="3844">of</s><sn="3739">whom</s><sn="846">thyself</s><sn="1410">mayest</s> take <sn="1921">knowledge</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="3956">all</s> these <sn="5130">things</s>, <sn="3739">whereof</s><sn="2249">we</s><sn="2723">accuse</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2453">Jews</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="4934">assented</s>, <sn="5335">saying</s> that these <sn="5023">things</s><sn="2192">were</s><sn="3779">so</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="3972">Paul</s>, after that <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2232">governor</s> had <sn="3506">beckoned</s> unto <sn="846">him</s> to <sn="3004">speak</s>, <sn="611">answered</s>, Forasmuch as I <sn="1987">know</s> that <sn="4571">thou</s> hast <sn="5607">been</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="4183">many</s><sn="2094">years</s> a <sn="2923">judge</s> unto <sn="5129">this</s><sn="1484">nation</s>, I do the more <sn="2115">cheerfully</s><sn="626">answer</s><sn="4012">for</s><sn="1683">myself</s>: </v>
<vn='11'>Because that <sn="4675">thou</s><sn="1410">mayest</s><sn="1097">understand</s>, <sn="3754">that</s> there <sn="1526 *3427">are</s> yet <sn="3756 4119 2228">but</s><sn="1177">twelve</s><sn="2250">days</s><sn="575 3739">since</s> I went <sn="305">up</s><sn="1722">to</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s> for to <sn="4352">worship</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="2532">And</s> they <sn="3777">neither</s><sn="2147">found</s><sn="3165">me</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2411">temple</s><sn="1256">disputing</s><sn="4314">with</s> any <sn="5100">man</s>, <sn="2228">neither</s> raising <sn="4160 1999">up</s> the <sn="3793">people</s>, <sn="3777">neither</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4864">synagogues</s>, <sn="3777">nor</s><sn="2596">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4172">city</s>: </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3777">Neither</s><sn="1410">can</s> they <sn="3936">prove</s> the things <sn="4012 3739">whereof</s> they <sn="3568">now</s><sn="2723">accuse</s><sn="3450">me</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="5124">this</s> I <sn="3670">confess</s> unto <sn="4671">thee</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="2596">after</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3598">way</s><sn="3739">which</s> they <sn="3004">call</s><sn="139">heresy</s>, <sn="3779">so</s><sn="3000">worship</s> I the <sn="2316">God</s> of my <sn="3971">fathers</s>, <sn="4100">believing</s> all <sn="3956">things</s> which are <sn="1125">written</s><sn="2596">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s><sn="2532">and</s> in <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4396">prophets</s>: </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="2192">have</s><sn="1680">hope</s><sn="1519">toward</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="3739">which</s><sn="3778">they</s><sn="846">themselves</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="4327">allow</s>, that there <sn="3195">shall</s><sn="1510">be</s> a <sn="386">resurrection</s> of the <sn="3498">dead</s>, <sn="5037">both</s> of the <sn="1342">just</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="94">unjust</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="1722 5129">herein</s> do I <sn="778">exercise</s><sn="846">myself</s>, to <sn="2192">have</s><sn="1275">always</s> a <sn="4893">conscience</s> void of <sn="677">offense</s><sn="4314">toward</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> toward <sn="444">men</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1161">Now</s><sn="1223">after</s><sn="4119">many</s><sn="2094">years</s> I <sn="3854">came</s> to <sn="4160">bring</s><sn="1654">alms</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="1484">nation</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4376">offerings</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3739">Who</s><sn="1163">ought</s> to have been <sn="3918">here</s><sn="1909">before</s><sn="4675">thee</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2723">object</s>, if they had <sn="1536 2192">aught</s><sn="4314">against</s><sn="3165">me</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2228">Or</s> else let <sn="3778">these</s><sn="846">same</s> here <sn="2036">say</s>, if they have found <sn="1536 2147">any</s> evil <sn="92">doing</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1698">me</s>, while <sn="3450">I</s><sn="2476">stood</s><sn="1909">before</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4892">council</s>, </v>
<vn='21'><sn="2228">Except</s> it be <sn="4012">for</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="3391">one</s><sn="5456">voice</s>, <sn="3739">that</s> I <sn="2896">cried</s><sn="2476">standing</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="846 *3754">them</s>, <sn="4012">Touching</s> the <sn="386">resurrection</s> of the <sn="3498">dead</s><sn="1473">I</s> am called in <sn="2919">question</s><sn="5259">by</s><sn="5216">you</s> this <sn="4594">day</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1161">And</s> when <sn="5344">Felix</s><sn="191">heard</s> these <sn="5023">things</s>, having more perfect <sn="1492 197">knowledge</s><sn="4012">of</s> that <sn="3598">way</s>, he <sn="306">deferred</s><sn="846">them</s>, and <sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="3752">When</s><sn="3079">Lysias</s><sn="3588">the</s> chief <sn="5506">captain</s> shall come <sn="2597">down</s>, I will know the <sn="1231">uttmost</s> of your <sn="2596 5209">matter</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="5037">And</s> he <sn="1299">commanded</s> a <sn="1543">centurion</s> to <sn="5083">keep</s><sn="3972">Paul</s>, <sn="5037">and</s> to let him <sn="2192">have</s><sn="425">liberty</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> that he should <sn="2967">forbid</s><sn="3367">none</s> of <sn="846">his</s><sn="2398">acquaintance</s> to <sn="5256">minister</s><sn="2228">or</s> come <sn="4334">unto</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3326">after</s><sn="5100">certain</s><sn="2250">days</s>, when <sn="5344">Felix</s><sn="3854">came</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="1135">wife</s><sn="1409">Drusilla</s>, which <sn="5607">was</s> a <sn="2453">Jewess</s>, he sent <sn="3343">for</s><sn="3972">Paul</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="191">heard</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="4012">concerning</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4102">faith</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1161">And</s> as <sn="846">he</s><sn="1256">reasoned</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s>, <sn="1466">temperance</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2917">judgment</s> to <sn="1510">come</s>, <sn="5344">Felix</s><sn="1096 1719">trembled</s>, and <sn="611">answered</s>, Go thy <sn="4198">way</s> for this <sn="3568 2192">time</s>; <sn="*1161">when</s> I <sn="3335">have</s> a convenient <sn="2540">season</s>, I will call <sn="3333">for</s><sn="4571">thee</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="*1161">He</s><sn="1679">hoped</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="5536">money</s> should have been <sn="1325">given</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="3972">Paul</s>, <sn="3704">that</s> he might <sn="3089">loose</s><sn="846">him</s>: <sn="1352">wherefore</s><sn="*2532">he</s> sent <sn="3343">for</s><sn="846">him</s> the more <sn="4437">often</s>, and <sn="3656">communed</s> with <sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="1161">But</s> after two <sn="4137 1333">years</s><sn="4201">Porcius</s><sn="5347">Festus</s> came into Felix' <sn="2983 1240 5344">room</s>: <sn="5037">and</s><sn="5344">Felix</s>, <sn="2309">willing</s> to <sn="2698">show</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2453">Jews</s> a <sn="5485">pleasure</s>, <sn="2641">left</s><sn="3972">Paul</s><sn="1210">bound</s>. </v>