Acts 23:35 meaning and explanation

he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.

Acts 23:35, Berean Standard Bible

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Governor Felix is speaking here, responding to the letter from the commander Claudius Lysias that arrived with Paul under armed escort. Since Paul came from Cilicia, a province within Felix's jurisdiction, Felix accepts the case and defers the hearing until Paul's accusers can travel down from Jerusalem.

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