2. And when he was called upon, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, “Having obtained great peace through you, and reforms being brought to this nation by your forethought,
3. we accept it always and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thanks.
4. “But in order not to hinder you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly in your gentleness.
5. “For having found this man a plague, who stirs up dissension among all the Yehuḏim throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Natsarenes,
6. who also tried to profane the Set-apart Place, and whom we seized, and wished to judge him according to our law,
7. but the commander Lysias came along and with much violence took him out of our hands,
8. commanding his accusers to come to you. And by examining him yourself you shall be able to know all these matters of which we accuse him.”
9. And the Yehuḏim also agreed, maintaining that these matters were so.
10. And when the governor had motioned him to speak, Sha’ul answered, “Knowing that for many years you have been a judge of this nation, I gladly defend myself,
11. seeing you are able to know that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to Yerushalayim to worship.