Act_24:1-9 Paul is accused before Felix by Tertullus in the name
of the Jews.
Act_24:10-21 He answereth in defence of his life and doctrine.
Act_24:22,23 The hearing is deferred.
Act_24:24,25 Paul preaching freely before the governor and his
wife; Felix trembleth.
Act_24:26,27 Felix hopeth for a bribe to release Paul, but in
vain; and going out of his office leaveth him bound.
After five days, from the time that Paul was come to Caesarea: the malice and fury of the persecutors was very great, they stick not at any travail and pains to do mischief; and surely we ought to be as earnest in doing good, or their zeal will condemn us.
A certain orator; a lawyer to form the indictment against Paul, or to aggravate his fault, and to desire judgment upon him. Such advocates usually were the chiefest orators, as Demosthenes in Greece, and Cicero at Rome; and Tertullus seems to have been a crafts master, whom the Jews hired to draw up an accusation against Paul.