Then he gave orders to the centurion that he should be kept in custody but have some liberty, and that none of his friends should be prevented from attending to his needs.
23. When Felix. It appeareth that Felix (though he pronounced nothing concerning the matter) did perceive that Paul was burdened with no fault of his own, but with the malice of the priests. For when Luke saith that the matter was deferred until the coming of Lysias, he putteth in this instead of a reason, that the ruler did perfectly know those things which did...
Felix knew the Way better than those Jews gave him credit for, having lived among Christians like Cornelius; he saw they were honest men, not seditious. He put off judgment, wanting to hear from Lysias himself, an impartial witness. God often shields His people through the very indifference of their enemies, if those enemies have but some glimmer of the truth.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 24:22-27
And after certain days,.... Some days after this trial: when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess; to Caesarea, having been to fetch her from some other place, or to meet her: this woman was the daughter of Herod Agrippa, who was eaten by worms, Act 12:23 and sister to King Agrippa, mentioned in the next chapter; but though she was born...