And after five days Hananya the high priest went down with the elders and with Tertullus the orator, and they informed the governor against Paulos.

And when he was called, Tertullus began accusing him and said, In much peace we dwell because of you, and many reforms have come to this people by your care.

And we all in every place receive your grace, excellent Felix.

But so as not to weary you with many particulars, I ask of you that you hear our humility in brief.

For we have found this man to be a corruptor and one who stirs up sedition among all the Jews in the whole land, for he is the head of the teaching of the Natsraye.

And he wanted to pollute our temple. And when we seized him we wanted to judge him according to our law.

But Lysias the chiliarch came, and with much force took him away from our hands and sent him to you.

And he commanded his accusers to come to you. And you are able, when you question him, to learn from him about all these things of which we accuse him.

And the Judeans also contended against him, saying that these things are so.

And the governor signaled to Paulos that he should speak. And Paulos answered and said: I know that you have been a judge of this people for many years, and because of this I cheerfully make a defense for myself.

As you are able to know that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to Urishlim to worship.

And they did not find me speaking with anyone in the temple, nor gathering a crowd, either in their synagogues or in the city.

And they do not have power to prove before you the things of which they now accuse me.

But this I confess, that in this same teaching of which they speak I serve the Elohim of my fathers, believing all that is written in the law and in the prophets.

And I have hope toward Elohim, which these also themselves hope, that there is about to be a rising from the house of the dead, of the righteous and of the unjust.

Because of this I also labor that a pure conscience may always be mine before Elohim and before the sons of men.

But after many years I came to the sons of my own people to give alms and to present an offering.

And these found me in the temple while I was purifying myself, not with a throng nor with a tumult.

but some Yehudaye who came from Asia, who ought to stand with me before you and accuse of whatever they have.

Or let these here say what offense they found in me when I stood before their assembly;

except this one word that I cried out while I was standing among them: Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am judged today before you.

And Pilkas, because he knew this way fully, deferred them, saying: When the chiliarch comes, I will hear between you.

And he commanded the centurion to keep Paulos at ease, and that no one of his acquaintances should be forbidden to minister to him.

And after a few days Pilkas sent, and Dursila his wife who was a Yehuditha, and they called Paulos and heard from him concerning the faith of the Mashiyach.

And while he was speaking with them about righteousness and about holiness and about the judgment that is coming, Felix was filled with fear and said, For now go, and when I have opportunity I will send for you.

For he was hoping that a present would be given to him by Paulos; and because of this he also continually sent and brought him and spoke with him.

And when two years were fulfilled to him, another governor came into his place who was called Porcius Festus. But Felix, so that he might do a favor to the Yehudaye, left Paulos bound.