Acts 23:24 Cross References - Williams

²⁴ He further told them to provide horses for Paul to ride, so as to bring him in safety to Felix, the governor, to whom

² So they bound Him, led Him away, and turned Him over to Pilate the governor.

¹ In the fifteenth year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was governor of Galilee, and his brother Philip was governor of the territory of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was governor of Abilene,

³⁴ So he went to him and dressed his wounds by pouring oil and wine upon them, and then he put him on his donkey and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

²⁶ "Claudius Lysias sends greetings to his Excellency Felix, the governor.

³³ they, on reaching Caesarea, delivered the letter to the governor and turned Paul over to him, too.

¹⁰ At the governor's signal to Paul, he answered: "Since I know that you for many years have acted as judge for this nation, I cheerfully make my defense,

²² Then Felix, who had a fairly clear conception of the principles involved in The Way, adjourned the trial, saying to the Jews, "When Lysias, the colonel, comes down here, I will carefully look into your case." ²³ He ordered the captain to keep Paul in custody but to let him have freedom and not to prevent his friends from showing him kindness. ²⁴ Some days later, Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him talk about faith in Christ Jesus. ²⁵ But as he continued to talk about uprightness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became alarmed, and said, "For the present you may go, but when I find a good opportunity, I will send for you." ²⁶ At the same time he was hoping to get money from Paul, and so he kept on sending for him and talking with him. ²⁷ But at the close of two whole years Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and as he wanted to gratify the Jews, Felix left Paul still in prison.

¹⁴ and as they stayed for several days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king. He said, "There is a man here who was left in prison by Felix,