Acts 24:1-13 Five days later down came the high priest Ananias with some elders and a barrister called Tertullus. They laid information before the governor against Paul.

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Five days later down came the high priest Ananias with some elders and a barrister called Tertullus. They laid information before the governor against Paul. ² So Paul was summoned, and then Tertullus proceeded to accuse him. "Your excellency," he said to Felix, "as it is owing to you that we enjoy unbroken peace, and as it is owing to your wise care that the state of this nation has been improved in every way and everywhere, ³ we acknowledge all this with profound gratitude. ⁴ I have no wish to weary you, but I beg of you to grant us in your courtesy a brief hearing. ⁵ The fact is, we have found this man is a perfect pest; he stirs up sedition among the Jews all over the world and he is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect. ⁶ He actually tried to desecrate the temple, but we got hold of him. ⁷ -- ⁸ Examine him for yourself and you will be able to find out about all these charges of ours against him." ⁹ The Jews joined in the attack, declaring that such were the facts of the case. ¹⁰ Then at a nod from the governor Paul made his reply. "As I know you have administered justice in this nation for a number of years," he said, "I feel encouraged to make my defence, ¹¹ because it is not more than twelve days, as you can easily ascertain, since I went up to worship at Jerusalem. ¹² They never found me arguing with anyone in the temple or causing a riot either in the synagogues or in the city; ¹³ they cannot furnish you with any proof of their present charges against me.