I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
Paul clears himself of the charge of impiety by showing Felix that his accusers are moved by sheer malevolence, not genuine religion. He does not defend the gospel itself here, for that would be out of place before a pagan judge; instead, he proves his worship of the ancestral God aligns with the Law and Prophets, so the name they attach to it cannot make him an impious man.
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Paul waited his turn without interrupting, and when the governor beckoned him to speak, he answered not with Tertullus's flattering compliments but with respectful confidence in Felix's fairness. He leveled his defense against those who employed the accuser, knowing well how such men speak for their fee.
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Commenting on Acts 24:10-21
Paul stakes his hope on God and the resurrection of both just and unjust, which the Pharisees rightly believed but modern Jews wrongly limit to the righteous alone. This doctrine of universal resurrection is fundamental to the faith, not a minor point; to deny it is to abandon Judaism itself.
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