You don’t want to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?’

But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried before me there on these charges?”

All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him.

For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean.”

but said farewell to them and added, “I will come back to you again if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus,

They know, because they have known me from time past, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.

Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him aside and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,

The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

Some of the crowd concluded it was about Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front. Alexander, gesturing with his hand, was wanting to make a defense before the public assembly.

Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was Greek.

After two years had passed, Porcius Festus succeeded Felix, and because he wanted to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, “What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.” (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)