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The Roman governor who kept Paul in prison at Caesarea for two years. The King James Version names Felix in 8 verses, from Acts 23:24 to Acts 25:14.
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Felix speaks in 3 verses of the King James Version, all in Acts.
I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.Acts 23:35 ›
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Happy, the Roman procurator of Judea before whom Paul “reasoned” (Acts 24:25). He appears to have expected a bribe from Paul, and therefore had several interviews with him. The “worthy deeds” referred to in 24:2 was his clearing the country of banditti and impostors.
At the end of a two years’ term, Porcius Festus was appointed in the room of Felix (A.D. 60), who proceeded to Rome, and was there accused of cruelty and malversation of office by the Jews of Caesarea. The accusation was rendered nugatory by the influence of his brother Pallas with Nero. (See Josephus, Ant. xx. 8, 9.)
Drusilla, the daughter of Herod Agrippa, having been induced by Felix to desert her husband, the king of Emesa, became his adulterous companion. She was seated beside him when Paul “reasoned” before the judge. When Felix gave place to Festus, being “willing to do the Jews a pleasure,” he left Paul bound.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
The Roman governor who kept Paul in prison at Caesarea for two years. The King James Version names Felix in 8 verses, from Acts 23:24 to Acts 25:14.
Drusilla.
In 3 verses of the King James Version, all in Acts. His first words are in Acts 23:35.