Acts 24 (PKJV)

From Textus Receptus

Current revision

• 1 Now after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who gave evidence to the governor against Paul.
• 2 And when he was called upon, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: “Seeing that through you we enjoy great peace, and very admirable deeds are done to this nation by your foresight,
• 3 we accept it always and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
• 4 Nevertheless, not to be tedious to you any further, I beg you to hear, by your courtesy, a few words from us.
• 5 Because, we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the cult of the Nazarenes.
• 6 He even tried to profane the temple, and we seized him, and wanted to judge him according to our law.
• 7 But the commander Lysias went above 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 ascertain all these things of which we accuse him.”
• 9 And the Jews also assented, maintaining that these things were so.
• 10 Then Paul, after the governor had motioned to him to speak, replied: “Inasmuch as I know that you have been for many years a judge of this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself,
• 11 because, you may ascertain that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
• 12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with anyone nor inciting the people, either in the synagogues or in the city.
• 13 Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.
• 14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call heresy, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets.
• 15 I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.
• 16 And in this I always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and towards men.
• 17 “Now after many years I came to bring charitable gifts and offerings to my nation,
• 18 in the midst of which some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with a mob nor with tumult.
• 19 They ought to have been here before you to object if they had anything against me.
• 20 Or else let these people here say if they found any wrongdoing in me while I stood before the council,
• 21 unless it is for this one statement which I shouted, standing among them, ‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you this day.’”
• 22 But when Felix heard these things, having more accurate knowledge of that Way, he deferred them and said, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will make a decision on your case.”
• 23 So he commanded the centurion to guard Paul and to let him have liberty, and that he should not forbid any of his friends to provide for or visit him.
• 24 And after some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
• 25 Now as he reasoned about righteousness, self control, and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and replied, “Go away for now; when I have a convenient time I will call for you.”
• 26 He also hoped that money would be given him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore he sent for him more often and conversed with him.
• 27 But after two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix' office; and Felix, wanting to do the Jews a favor, left Paul bound.

(King James Version 2016 Edition, 2016)

See Also

• Acts 24 KJV PKJV Parallel
• Acts 24 (KJV 1900)
• Acts 24 King James Version 1611
• Acts 24 Greek NT: Beza's Textus Receptus (1598)
• Acts 24 Greek NT: Scrivener's Textus Receptus (1894)