CHAPTER 24 PAUL BEFORE FELIX—THE FIRST TRIAL AT CÆSAREA § 1. The Indictment of Tertullus; or, the Vapid Eloquence of a Heathen Lawyer (Acts 24:1). § 2. The Answer of Paul; or, the Lofty Oration of a Christian Apostle (Acts 24:10). § 3. The Interview with Felix and Drusilla; or, a Notable Disco... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 24:1. AFTER FIVE DAYS.—Reckoned from Paul’s departure from Jerusalem (Kuinoel, Meyer, De Wette, Hackett, Alford, Plumptre), though some (Holtzmann, Lechler, Zöckler, Olshausen, and others) prefer to count from Paul’s arrival at Cæsarea. The former agrees better with the state... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 24:10. MANY YEARS meant about six or seven, since Felix became procurator about A.D. 52 or 53 (Jos., _Ant._, XX. Acts 7:1). Before his elevation to the procuratorship of Judæa he had governed Samaria under his predecessor Cumanus. Acts 24:11. The charges against him might b... [ Continue Reading ]
_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). DRUSILLA.—Sea “Homiletical Hints.” As a daughter of the first and sister of second Herod Agrippa she... [ Continue Reading ]