Acts 24:15-26

¹⁵having hope in God, which these themselves also look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both the just and unjust.

¹⁶And this is why I apply myself to always have a clear conscience before both God and men.

¹⁷Now after many years I came to bring alms and offerings to my nation,

¹⁸in the midst of which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, with neither crowd nor confusion.

¹⁹They are the ones that had to be here before you and make accusation, if they had anything against me.

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

²¹unless it be for this one statement that I called out, standing among them, ‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you today.’ ”

²²Upon hearing these things Felix, having an accurate knowledge of the things concerning the Way, adjourned the proceedings and said, “When Lysias the commander comes down I will decide your case.”

²³And he ordered the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody but have some freedom, and not to forbid any of his friends to provide for or to visit him.

²⁴Now after some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith into Christ Jesus.

²⁵But as he expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix became afraid and answered, “Go away for now; when I have occasion I will summon you.”

²⁶At the same time he was also hoping that Paul would give him money, that he might release him; so he frequently summoned and conversed with him.