Acts 24

¹And after five days came down the high priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator called Tertullus, and laid their informations against Paul before the governor.

²And he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse, saying, Seeing we enjoy great peace through thee, and that excellent measures are executed for this nation by thy forethought,

³we receive [it] always and everywhere, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.

⁴But that I may not too much intrude on thy time, I beseech thee to hear us briefly in thy kindness.

⁵For finding this man a pest, and moving sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the sect of the Nazaraeans;

⁶who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we also had seized, [and would have judged according to our law;

⁷but Lysias, the chiliarch, coming up, took [him] away with great force out of our hands,

⁸having commanded his accusers to come to thee;] of whom thou canst thyself, in examining [him], know the certainty of all these things of which we accuse him.

⁹And the Jews also joined in pressing the matter against [Paul], saying that these things were so.

¹⁰But Paul, the governor having beckoned to him to speak, answered, Knowing that for many years thou hast been judge to this nation, I answer readily as to the things which concern myself.

¹¹As thou mayest know that there are not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem,

¹²and neither in the temple did they find me discoursing to any one, or making any tumultuous gathering together of the crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;