19 who ought to be present before you to bring charges if they have any matter against me.
20 “Or else let these themselves say if they found any wrongdoing in me while I stood before the council,
21 other than for this one declaration which I cried out, standing among them, ‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you today.’ ”
22 And having heard this, having known more exactly about the Way, Felix put them off, saying, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I shall decide your case.”
23 And he ordered the captain to keep Sha’ul and to have ease, and not to forbid any of his friends to attend to him.
24 And after some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a female Yehuḏite, he sent for Sha’ul and heard him concerning the belief in Messiah.
25 And as he reasoned about righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “For the present, go. And when I find time I shall send for you.”