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Acts 24:24
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, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
ACTS 24:24 VIoudai,a| After VIoudai,a| the margin of the Harclean Syriac preserves an extended gloss, which A. C. Clark renders into the following Greek: h[tij hvrw,thsen ivdei/n to.n Pau/lon kai. av...
Verse Acts 24:24. _HIS WIFE DRUSILLA_] We have already seen that Felix was _thrice_ married: two of his wives were named _Drusilla_; one was a Roman, the niece or grand-daughter of Antony and Cleopat...
FELIX CAME WITH HIS WIFE DRUSILLA - Drusilla was the daughter of Herod Agrippa the elder, and was engaged to be married to Epiphanes, the son of King Antiochus, on condition that he would embrace the...
CHAPTER 23 _ 1. Paul before the Sanhedrin (Acts 23:1)._ 2. The vision of the Lord (Acts 23:11). 3. The Conspiracy against Paul (Acts 23:12). 4. Paul taken to Caesarea ...
PAUL AND FELIX. Drusilla was the third daughter of Agrippa (Acts 12:1); and Felix had taken her from her husband Azizus of Emesa. She was his third wife, and all three were queens. The marriage was st...
But Felix, who had a very good knowledge of the facts about The Way, put them off, saying, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will go into your case." He instructed the centurion that Paul was t...
A FLATTERING SPEECH AND A FALSE CHARGE (Acts 24:1-9)...
DRUSILLA. App-109. She was the daughter of Herod Agrippa I, and had left her first husband, Azizus, king of Emesa, and married Felix. It was no doubt through her that Felix had his knowledge of "the W...
_And after certain days, when Felix came_, &c. To conform to the Greek more strictly, the _Rev. Ver._reads "But after certain days, Felix came, &c." It is difficult to say what is gained by this. Feli...
ΤΗ͂Ι ἸΔΊΑΙ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΊ with BC. _Vulg_. ‘uxore sua.’ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂Ν after ΧΡΙΣΤΌΝ added with אBEL. _Vulg_. ‘Christum Jesum.’ 24. ΜΕΤᾺ ΔῈ ἩΜΈΡΑΣ ΤΙΝᾺΣ Κ.Τ.Λ., _but after certain days Felix came_, &c. Felix aid n...
ADJOURNMENT OF THE CAUSE. FELIX’S TREATMENT OF ST PAUL...
_PAUL WAS KEPT UNDER GUARD ACTS 24:24-27:_ Felix and his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, went to the place where Paul was kept to hear him. Paul spoke to them concerning faith in Christ. Felix was frig...
ΠΑΡΑΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (temp.), см._ Acts 24:17. ΓΥΝΑΙΚΊ _dat. sing. от_ ΓΥΝΉ (G1135) жена, ΟΎΣΤ! _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΕΊΜΊ (G1510). Феликс был женат трижды, в первый раз на...
HIS WIFE DRUSILLA,— She was the daughter of Herod Agrippa, and sister of the king Agrippa mentioned in thenext chapter. She had been married to Azizus king of the _Emessenes;_ but Felix, being struck...
c. Paul's two years imprisonment in Caesarea. Acts 24:23-27. Acts 24:27 And he gave order to the centurion that he should be kept in charge, and should have indulgence; and not to forbid any of his...
24. "_Now, after some days, Felix came, with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ._ Drusilla, according to Josephus, was a daughter of H...
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, when Felix came with his...
17 To a man like Felix the accusation that Paul belonged to the sect of the Nazarenes would have little in it to incriminate him. And Paul, with marvelous wisdom, answers all that might be said agains...
ST. PAUL BEFORE FELIX 1-27. St Paul and Felix. 1. Tertullus] in spite of his Roman name may have been a Greek or even a Jew (cp.'our Law,' AV Acts 24:6)....
DRUSILLA] The youngest of the three daughters of Agrippa I (the Herod of Acts 12:1). She deserted her husband, Azizus, king of Emesa, to marry Felix....
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 24 THE *JEWISH LEADERS ACCUSE PAUL, 24:1-9 V1 Five days later, Ananias the *high priest went to Caesarea. Some leaders and Tertullus, a lawyer,...
FELIX CAME WITH HIS WIFE DRUSILLA. — She was, as has been said (see Note on Acts 23:26), the daughter of the first Herod Agrippa and the sister of the second. In her name, the diminutive of Drusus, an...
Δρουσίλλῃ : of the three daughters of Agrippa I. Drusilla was the youngest, her sisters being Bernice (see below) and Mariamne. Married, when about fourteen, to Azizus king of Emeza, she had been sedu...
A TREMBLING BUT VENAL JUDGE Acts 24:17 The case had broken down. Paul's statement of faith and the absence of confirmatory evidence directly contradicted the only charge against him. Felix dared not...
Tertullus, who appeared here, was a Roman barrister, it being necessary for the Jews to employ such in presenting their cases before a Roman tribunal. The charges he made were palpably false. His desc...
Paul Before Felix and Drusilla Luke told Theophilus that Felix had a fairly good knowledge of "the Way," or Christianity. After all, Philip and his four daughters lived in Caesarea and Cornelius had b...
And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife (o) Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. (o) This Drusilla was Agrippa's sister of whom...
PAUL PREACHES TO FELIX AND DRUSILLA 24-27. During Paul's trial, he managed to get in so much straight gospel truth as to at least arouse the governor's curiosity _“concerning the faith which is towar...
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 uttmost of your matter. (23) An...
The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
Paul appears before the governors in succession the Sanhedrim, Felix, Festus, Agrippa, and afterwards Caesar. And here, when occasion offers, we have striking appeals to conscience; when his defence i...
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 w...
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. Ver. 24. _With his wife Drusilla_] The sister of Ki...
_After certain days_ After Paul had been kept a few days in this gentle confinement at Cesarea, Felix, who had been absent a short time, came thither again; _with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess_...
DRUSILLA; she was daughter of the first Herod Agrippa; was married to Azizus king of Emesa, but afterwards left him, and became the wife of Felix....
The Jews did not delay long just taking enough time (5 days) to make plans by which to influence Felix against Paul. The high priest and elders of the people came down, bringing with them an orator na...
AND AFTER SOME DAYS, WHEN FELIX CAME WITH HIS WIFE DRUSILLA, WHO WAS JEWISH, HE SENT FOR PAUL AND HEAR HIM CONCERNING THE FAITH IN CHRIST. 1. Drusilla now comes into the picture. She is: 1. The wife...
"Some days later Felix arrived with Drusilla" The word arrived suggests that after his trial Felix and his wife had been away for. time and now had returned. "Drusilla, his wife who was. Jewess" Drusi...
22-27 The apostle reasoned concerning the nature and obligations of righteousness, temperance, and of a judgment to come; thus showing the oppressive judge and his profligate mistress, their need of...
FELIX CAME WITH HIS WIFE; having been out of town to meet and conduct his wife. DRUSILLA; who was daughter of Herod the Great, and sister of that Agrippa of whom mention is made in the two following C...
24. "_ Now, after some days, Felix came, with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ._ Drusilla, according to Josephus, was a daughter of...
Acts 24:24 And G1161 after G3326 some G5100 days G2250 Felix G5344 came G3854 (G5637) with G4862 his...
‘But after certain days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.' Meanwhile Felix had been discussing Paul and his...
_Paul's Interviews during his long Imprisonment at Cæsarea with the Procurator Felix and his wife, the Princess Drusilla,_ 24-27. Acts 24:24. AND AFTER CERTAIN DAYS, WHEN FELIX CAME WITH HIS WIFE BRAS...
WITH DRUSILLA HIS WIFE (συν Δρουσιλλη τη ιδια γυναικ). Felix had induced her to leave her former husband Aziz, King of Emesa. She was one of three daughters of Herod Agrippa I (Drusilla, Mariamne, B...
Acts 24:24 The Character of Felix. Felix was not a man altogether ignorant of the religion which Paul preached; he is, on the other hand, spoken of as one who had a more perfect knowledge of that way...
CONTENTS: Paul accused before Felix, and his defense. CHARACTERS: Ananias, elders, Tertullus, Felix, Paul, Lysias, Drusilla, Festus. CONCLUSION: Every false cause can find men of sharp wits to plead...
Acts 24:1. _After five days, Ananias descended with the elders;_ to intimidate the governor, and ensure the destruction of Paul, as they had done with Pilate in regard of the Saviour. They lost no tim...
AFTER SOME DAYS. Drusilla was the daughter of that Herod who died at Caesarea (Acts 12:23), sister of Bernice (Acts 25:23). She had been married at age fourteen to Azizus, king of Emeza; and because o...
_And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla … he sent for Paul and heard him._ FELIX AND DRUSILLA When Herod Agrippa I died at Caesarea (Acts 12:23), he left behind him a son and...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 24:24 DRUSILLA was the youngest daughter of Herod Agrippa I and the sister of Agrippa II (who will appear in the next chapter). Her marriage to Felix was something of a scandal becau...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 24:1 The Witness in Caesarea. Paul was imprisoned in Caesarea for more than two years. He received formal hearings from the governors Felix and Festus and the Jewish king Agrippa II....
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 24:24. WHEN FELIX CAME, or _Felix having come,_ not to Cæsarea, after a temporary absence, but into the place of audience (Hackett), rather than into the prison (Holtzmann). DR...
EXPOSITION ACTS 24:1 _The high priest Ananias came down _for _Ananias the high priest descended, _A.V.; _certain elders _for _the elders, _A.V. and T.R.; _an orator, one Tertullus _for _a certain ora...
Shall we turn now to chapter twenty-four in the book of Acts. Paul had been seen in the temple worshipping God by some of the Jews that were from Asia who were familiar with Paul's ministry among the...
1 John 5:1; Acts 16:31; Acts 20:21; Acts 26:22; Galatians 2:16;...
And after Paul had been kept some days in this gentle confinement at Cesarea, Felix, who had been absent for a short time, coming thither again, with Drusilla, his wife — The daughter of Herod Agrippa...
This chapter now concludes with the apostle's famous sermon before Felix his judge, in which we have considerable, the preacher, the hearers, the text or subject preached upon, and the successful effe...