18 and while I was doing this, some Jews from Asia found me ritually purified in the temple, without a crowd and without any uproar.
19 It is they who ought to be here before you to bring charges, if they have anything against me.
20 Either let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,
21 or about this one statement I cried out while standing among them, ‘Today I am being judged before you concerning the resurrection of the dead.’ ”
22 Since Felix was accurately informed about the Way, he adjourned the hearing, saying, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case.”
23 He ordered that the centurion keep Paul under guard, though he could have some freedom, and that he should not prevent any of his friends from serving him.
24 After some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and listened to him on the subject of faith in Christ Jesus.