20 Or else let these men themselves tell what misdeed they found when I stood before (A)the [a]Council, 21 other than for this one statement which (B)I shouted out while standing among them, ‘For the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you today.’”

22 But Felix, [b]having a more exact knowledge about (C)the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the [c]commander comes down, I will decide your case.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 24:20 Or Sanhedrin
  2. Acts 24:22 Lit knowing more accurately
  3. Acts 24:22 I.e. chiliarch, in command of one thousand troops

20 Or these who are here should state what crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin— 21 unless it was this one thing I shouted as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”(A)

22 Then Felix, who was well acquainted with the Way,(B) adjourned the proceedings. “When Lysias the commander comes,” he said, “I will decide your case.”

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