The Arguments of the Jews
This was the name of the Jewish high priest.
Who is Ananias?
This is another term for accusations that one person brings against another person in court.
What are (formal) charges?
Paul said it had been this many days since he had arrived in Jerusalem to worship at the temple.
This is the name of Felix's wife.
Who is Drusilla?
After that first hearing, Felix had Paul brought to him again and Paul took the opportunity to speak about this topic.
What is faith in Jesus Christ?
The Jewish leaders hired this lawyer to bring charges against Paul.
Who is Tertullus?
Paul said he had kept this clear. It is a word for each person's sense of right and wrong.
What is a conscience?
More than once in his opening arguments before Felix, Paul stated that this was the main reason he was on trial.
What is the resurrection of the dead?
This was the ethnic background of Felix's wife.
What is Jewish?
Felix said he would decide Paul's case once this happened.
What is Lysias the commander coming down?
One of the basic charges of the Jews against Paul was that he had done this to the temple.
What is desecrate or defile etc.?
This word means a religious group with strict qualifications that outsiders regard as deviating from the mainstream version of the religion.
What is a sect?
Paul admitted to worshiping the God of his fathers according to THIS, which was an early alternate name for Christianity.
What is the Way?
Felix became frightened and told Paul to go away until a more convenient time when he heard Paul discussing these topics.
What are righteousness, self-control, and the approaching judgment?
Felix arranged his talks with Paul as often as possible because he was hoping Paul would do this.
What is give the governor a bribe of money?
Tertullus began his accusations against Paul by saying these types of things about Governor Felix.
What is shameless flattering or buttering up the judge etc.?
Tertullus used this word when talking about the Christian movement as a "sect." It describes a person from Jesus' hometown.
What is "Nazarene?"
While testifying before Felix, Paul admitted that he had shouted something during a previous hearing Paul had in the midst of this religious Jewish court.
What is the Sanhedrin?
This man became the new governor after Felix left office.
Who is Porcius Festus?
When it came to the new Christian movement, Luke wrote that Felix had this level of knowledge.
What is rather well informed?
Other than the accusation about the temple, the other accusation Tertullus made in his opening arguments against Paul was this.
What is a public menace or a ringleader of the Nazarene sect or someone who stirs up riots?
After Tertullus finished speaking, the Jews began doing this, which means to say something is true without offering satisfactory proof for it.
What is asserting?
Paul told Felix that "after several years" this was Paul's reason for coming to Jerusalem.
What is to bring gifts for the poor and to present offerings?
Because he wanted to do a favor for the Jews, Felix made this decision before he stepped down from being governor.
What is leaving Paul in prison?
It took this many years in between Paul's first hearing before Felix and the transition between Felix and the new governor, Festus.
What is two?