20. Or ask the ones who are here. They can tell you that they didn't find me guilty of anything when I was tried by their own council.
21. The only charge they can bring against me is what I shouted out in court, when I said, “I am on trial today because I believe that the dead will be raised to life!”
22. Felix knew a lot about the Lord's Way. But he brought the trial to an end and said, “I will make my decision after Lysias the commander arrives.”
23. He then ordered the army officer to keep Paul under guard, but not to lock him up or to stop his friends from helping him.
24. Several days later Felix and his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, went to the place where Paul was kept under guard. They sent for Paul and listened while he spoke to them about having faith in Christ Jesus.
25. But Felix was frightened when Paul started talking to them about doing right, about self-control, and about the coming judgment. So he said to Paul, “That's enough for now. You may go. But when I have time I will send for you.”
26. After this, Felix often sent for Paul and talked with him, because he hoped that Paul would offer him a bribe.
27. Two years later Porcius Festus became governor in place of Felix. But since Felix wanted to do the Jewish leaders a favour, he kept Paul in jail.