Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
And after five days Ananias
the high
priest descended
with the elders, and with
a certain orator named
Tertullus, who
informed
the governor against Paul .
And after five days came
down
the chief
priest Ananias,
with the elders, and a certain orator --
Tertullus, and
they
made
manifest
to
the governor `the
things'
against Paul ;
And when
he was
called forth
, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing
that
by
thee we
enjoy
great
quietness
, and that
very
worthy deeds are
done unto
this nation by
thy providence
,
and he having
been
called, Tertullus began to accuse `
him '
, saying, `Much
peace
enjoying
through
thee, and worthy deeds being
done to
this nation through
thy forethought
,
We
accept
it
always, and in
all
places
, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness .
always, also,
and everywhere
we
receive
it
, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness ;
Notwithstanding,
that I be
not further tedious unto
thee, I pray thee that
thou
wouldest
hear us of
thy clemency
a
few
words.
and
that I may
not be
further tedious to
thee, I pray thee to
hear us concisely
in
thy gentleness;
For we
have
found this man a pestilent
fellow
, and a mover
of
sedition
among
all the Jews throughout
the world ,
and
a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes :
for having
found this man a pestilence
, and moving
a dissension
to
all the Jews through
the world --
a ringleader also
of the sect of the Nazarenes --
Who also hath
gone
about
to
profane
the temple :
whom we took, and would
have
judged
according to our law .
who also the temple did
try
to
profane,
whom also
we took, and according to our law did
wish
to
judge,
But
the chief captain Lysias
came
upon
us
, and
with great
violence took
him
away
out of our hands,
and
Lysias
the chief captain having
come
near
, with much
violence ,
out of our hands did
take
away
,
Commanding
his accusers to come unto
thee :
by
examining
of
whom thyself
mayest take
knowledge
of
all these things ,
whereof
we accuse him .
having
commanded
his accusers to come to
thee ,
from
whom thou
mayest be
able,
thyself
having
examined,
to
know
concerning
all these things of
which
we accuse him ;'
And the Jews also assented
, saying
that
these things were
so.
and the Jews also agreed
, professing
these things to
be
so.
Then
Paul ,
after
that
the governor had
beckoned unto
him to speak ,
answered,
Forasmuch
as
I
know
that thou hast been of
many
years
a judge unto
this nation, I
do
the more cheerfully answer
for
myself :
And
Paul answered
--
the governor having
beckoned to
him to speak --
`Knowing
`
that '
for
many
years
thou hast been a judge to
this nation, the more cheerfully the
things
concerning
myself I
do
answer;
Because
that
thou mayest
understand,
that there
are
yet
but
twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem
for
to
worship .
thou being
able
to
know
that it
is
not
more
than
twelve days to
me
since I went up to worship in
Jerusalem,
And they
neither found
me
in the temple disputing
with any man
, neither
raising
up
the people
, neither
in the synagogues, nor in the city :
and neither in the temple did
they
find
me
reasoning
with any one
, or
making
a
dissension
of
the multitude
, nor
in the synagogues, nor in the city ;
Neither
can
they prove the things whereof
they now accuse me.
nor
are
they able
to
prove against
me
the things concerning
which
they now accuse me.
But
this
I confess unto
thee, that after
the way which
they call heresy
, so worship
I the God of my
fathers, believing all things which
are
written
in the law and in
the prophets :
`And
I confess this
to
thee, that ,
according
to
the way that
they call a
sect
, so serve
I the God of the
fathers, believing all things that
in the law and the prophets have
been
written,
And
have
hope toward God, which they themselves also allow
, that there shall
be a resurrection
of the dead, both of the
just
and unjust.
having
hope toward God, which they themselves also wait
for
, `
that '
there is
about
to
be a rising
again
of the dead, both of righteous
and unrighteous;
And herein
do
I exercise myself, to have always
a conscience void to
offence toward God ,
and toward
men.
and in
this
I do
exercise myself, to have a conscience void of
offence toward God and men always
.
Now
after many years I came to bring
alms
to my nation, and offerings .
`And
after many years I came ,
about
to do
kind
acts
to my nation, and offerings ,
Whereupon
certain Jews from Asia found
me purified in the temple, neither
with multitude, nor with tumult .
in
which
certain Jews from Asia did
find
me purified in the temple, not
with multitude, nor with tumult ,
Who
ought
to have
been
here
before thee, and object
, if they had ought
against me .
whom
it
behoveth
to be
present
before thee, and to
accuse
, if they had anything
against me ,
Or else
let these same here
say ,
if they have
found any evil
doing
in me ,
while
I
stood
before the council
,
or let these same say if they found any unrighteousness
in me in
my
standing
before the sanhedrim
,
Except it
be
for
this one voice, that
I cried standing among them ,
Touching
the
resurrection
of the dead I am called
in
question
by you this
day
.
except concerning
this one voice, in
which
I cried ,
standing among them --
Concerning
a
rising
again
of the dead I am judged
to-day
by you. '
And when
Felix
heard these things, having more perfect
knowledge
of that
way ,
he
deferred
them,
and
said
, When Lysias the chief captain shall
come down, I will know the uttermost
of
your
matter.
And having
heard these things, Felix
delayed
them
--
having known
more exactly
of the
things
concerning
the
way --
saying
, `
When Lysias the chief captain may
come down, I will know fully
the things
concerning
you;'
And
he
commanded
a centurion to keep Paul, and
to let him have liberty, and that
he
should
forbid none of his acquaintance
to minister or come unto
him.
having
given
also
a direction
to
the
centurion to keep Paul, to let `
him '
also
have liberty, and to
forbid none of his own
friends
to minister or to
come near
to
him.
And after certain days, when
Felix came
with his wife Drusilla
, which
was
a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in
Christ .
And after certain days, Felix having
come
with Drusilla
his wife, being
a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith toward
Christ ,
And as
he reasoned
of
righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come
, Felix trembled
, and
answered, Go
thy
way
for this
time ;
when
I
have
a
convenient
season
, I will call for thee .
and he reasoning
concerning
righteousness, and
temperance, and the
judgment that
is
about
to be
, Felix, having
become
afraid,
answered, `
For the
present
be
going,
and
having
got
time, I will call for thee ;'
He
hoped
also that money should
have
been
given him of
Paul, that he might
loose
him :
wherefore
he
sent
for him the oftener, and
communed
with him .
and
at
the
same
time
also hoping
that money shall
be
given to
him by
Paul, that he may
release
him ,
therefore,
also
sending
for him the oftener, he
was
conversing
with him ;
But
after
two years Porcius Festus came
into
Felix'
room:
and
Felix ,
willing to shew
the Jews a
pleasure
, left Paul bound.
and
two years having
been
fulfilled,
Felix
received
a
successor,
Porcius Festus ;
Felix also
willing to lay
a
favour
on
the Jews, left Paul bound.
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