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1 Five days after this, Ananias the High Priest came down to Caesarea with a number of Elders and a pleader called Tertullus. They stated to the Governor the case against Paul. 2 So Paul was sent for, and Tertullus began to impeach him as follows: "Indebted as we are," he said, "to you, most noble Felix, for the perfect peace which we enjoy, and for reforms which your wisdom has introduced to this nation, 3 in every instance and in every place we accept them with profound gratitude. 4 But--not to detain you too long--I beg you in your forbearance to listen to a brief statement from us. 5 For we have found this man Paul a source of mischief and a disturber of the peace among all the Jews throughout the Empire, and a ringleader in the heresy of the Nazarenes. 6 He even attempted to profane the Temple, but we arrested him. Acts 24:1-7, Weymouth New Testament. Public domain.
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