Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.
These men from Asia stirred up the crowd without cause, yet they do not appear here to face scrutiny. Paul appeals to his present accusers: if you know anything against me, speak it freely. Their silence proves they have nothing; they invented this charge only because I mentioned the resurrection of the dead.
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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
Let these men present declare if they found any wrongdoing in me when I stood before the council. They cannot prove it because nothing unlawful happened then. As for what I said of the high priest, I did not know he held that office.
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