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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Act 24:2 — And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse [him], saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
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"Felix, bad as he was, had certainly rendered some services to Judaea. He had entirely subdued a very formidable banditti which had infested the country, and sent their captain, Eliezar, to Rome; had suppressed the sedition raised by the Egyptian impostor (Act 21:38); and had quelled a very afflictive disturbance which took place between the Syrians and Jews of Cęsarea. But, though Tertullus might truly say, ""by thee we enjoy great quietness,"" yet it is evident that he was guilty of the grossest flattery, as we have seen both from his own historians and Josephus, that he was both a bad man and a bad governor. Act 24:26,27; Psa 10:3; Psa 12:2,3; Pro 26:28; Pro 29:5; Jud 1:16" |
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Act 21:38 |
Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? |
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Act 24:26 |
He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him. |
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Act 24:27 |
But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. |
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Psa 10:3 |
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth. |
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Psa 12:2 |
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak. |
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Psa 12:3 |
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things: |
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Pro 26:28 |
A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. |
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Pro 29:5 |
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. |
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Jud 1:16 |
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words], having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Acts 24:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Act/24/2.html>.
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