Kisah Para Rasul 24:14

24:14 But I confess this to you, that I worship ¹  the God of our ancestors ²  according to the Way (which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law ³  and that is written in the prophets.

Kisah Para Rasul 24:22

24:22 Then Felix, ⁴  who understood the facts ⁵  concerning the Way ⁶  more accurately, ⁷  adjourned their hearing, ⁸  saying, “When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case.” ⁹ 

[24:14]  ¹ tn Or “serve.”

[24:14]  ² tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[24:14]  ³ sn That is, the law of Moses. Paul was claiming that he legitimately worshiped the God of Israel. He was arguing that this amounted to a religious dispute rather than a political one, so that the Roman authorities need not concern themselves with it.

[24:22]  ⁴ sn See the note on Antonius Felix in 23:24.

[24:22]  ⁵ tn Grk “the things.”

[24:22]  ⁶ tn That is, concerning Christianity.

[24:22]  ⁷ tn BDAG 39 s.v. ἀκριβῶς has “Comp. ἀκριβέστερον more exactly…ἀ. ἐκτίθεσθαι explain more exactly Ac 18:26, cp. 23:15, 20; also more accurately…24:22.” Felix knew more about the Christian movement than what the Jewish leaders had told him.

[24:22]  ⁸ tn L&N 56.18 s.v. ἀναβάλλω has “to adjourn a court proceeding until a later time – ‘to adjourn a hearing, to stop a hearing and put it off until later.’…‘then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned their hearing’ Ac 24:22.”

[24:22]  ⁹ tn BDAG 227 s.v. διαγινώσκω 2 states, “to make a judicial decision, decide/hear (a case)…τὰ καθ᾿ ὑμᾶς decide your case Ac 24:22.”