Acts 24:14

The way. See on ch. Acts 9:2.

A sect. See on verse 5. The word is commonly used in an indifferent sense, as signifying merely a school or party. So ch. Acts 14:5; Acts 28:29. Here, however, in a bad sense - a schisomatic sect, as in 1 Corinthians 11:19.

Worship [λ α τ ρ ε υ ω]. Better, as Rev., serve. See on Luke 1:74.

God of my fathers [τ ω π α τ ρ ω ω θ ε ω]. A familiar classical phrase, and therefore well known to Felix. Thus Demosthenes calls Apollo the patrwov (ancestral God) of Athens. Socrates is asked (Plato, "Euthydemus," 302), "Have you an ancestral Zeus [ζ ε υ ς π α τ ρ ω ο ς] ? So, frequently, in the classics. Similarly, the Roman phrase, Di patrii," the gods of the forefathers. " On the Roman reverence for the ancestral religion, see note on ch. 16 21. The Roman's own sentiment would prepare him to respect Paul 's.