As their prosecution proves an utter failure for two reasons

(a) They have actually charged him with nothing criminal in Roman law but simply leadership in the Nazarene sect [when the Roman Empire was notorious for tolerating all religions], and

(b) for stirring up sedition, which they had signally failed to prove therefore Felix dismisses the case out of court, notifying them that when Lysias the kiliarch may come down, they shall have a new hearing; meanwhile he treats Paul leniently, extending full privileges of gospel grace to him and all who come to him, either for philanthropic or evangelical purposes.

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