Acts 24:1-9

Revised Geneva Translation

24 Now after five days, Ananias the High Priest came down with the elders and Tertullus (a certain orator), who appeared against Paul before the Governor.

² And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, “Seeing that we have obtained great peace through you, and that many worthy things are being done in this nation through your foresight,

³ “we acknowledge it wholly, and in all places, with all thanks, most noble Felix.

⁴ “But so as not to detain you, I beg you to hear a few words from us out of your fairness.

⁵ “We have found this man to be a pest, an inciter of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

⁶ “who has tried to pollute the Temple. Therefore, we took him, and would have judged him according to our Law.

⁷ “But the chief captain, Lysias, came upon us and (with great violence) took him out of our hands,

⁸ “commanding his accusers to come to you. By examining him yourself you may learn all these things of which we accuse him.”

⁹ And the Jews also agreed, saying that it was so.