Acts 24:15-26

¹⁵having hope in God, which even they themselves are waiting for, that there is going to be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.

¹⁶And in this I myself am engaging, having a conscience blameless toward God and men through everything.

¹⁷“And after many years I arrived to bring alms and offerings to my nation,

¹⁸among whom some Jews from Asia found me, having been purified in the temple, not with a crowd nor with turmoil,

¹⁹who ought to be present before you and to make accusation if anything they might have against me.

²⁰Or let these themselves say what wrong they found in me, when I stood before the council,

²¹unless it is because of this one statement which I cried out, standing among them, ‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you today.’ ”

²²And when he heard these things, Felix adjourned them, knowing more accurately the things concerning the Way, and said, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case.”

²³And ordering the centurion to keep watch over Paul and to let him have some liberty, and not to forbid any of his own to serve or to come to him.

²⁴Now after some days, when Felix arrived with Drusilla his wife, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

²⁵And as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix became afraid and answered, “Go away for now; but when I have opportunity I will summon you.”

²⁶Meanwhile he also hoped that money would be given him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore sending for him more often, he was conversing with him.