Chapter 24 – FAMILIA MUNDIAL
1 [5] Nazoreans: that is, followers of Jesus of Nazareth.
2 [7] The Western text has added here a verse (really 6b-8a) that is not found in the best Greek manuscripts. It reads, «and would have judged him according to our own law, but the cohort commander Lysias came and violently took him out of our hands and ordered his accusers to come before you.»
3 [10-21] Whereas the advocate Tertullus referred to Paul’s activities on his missionary journeys, the apostle narrowed the charges down to the riot connected with the incident in the temple (see ⇒ Acts 21:27-30; ⇒ 24:17-20). In his defense, Paul stresses the continuity between Christianity and Judaism.
4 [24,25] The way of Christian discipleship greatly disquiets Felix, who has entered into an adulterous marriage with Drusilla, daughter of Herod Agrippa I. This marriage provides the background for the topics Paul speaks about and about which Felix does not want to hear.
5 [27] Very little is known of Porcius Festus who was a procurator of Judea from A.D. 60 to 62.