16. In this do I always strive to have a clear conscience toward God and toward men.
17. “Now after many years I came to bring alms and offerings to my nation,
18. when some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with a crowd nor an uproar.
19. They ought to be here before you to accuse me if they have any charges.
20. Or let these men say what crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,
21. unless it is concerning this one statement which I cried out while standing among them, ‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead, I am being judged by you this day.’ ”
22. When Felix, who had more exact knowledge concerning the Way, had heard this, he adjourned the proceedings and said, “When Lysias the commander arrives, I will decide your case.”
23. Then he ordered the centurion to guard Paul, and to let him have liberty, and to forbid none of his own people from attending to him.
24. After several days, when Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul and heard him speak concerning faith in Christ.