ACTS 24:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.”
And he gave orders to the centurion for him to be kept in custody but to have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from ministering to him — Paul's custody is relaxed; he is held but granted liberty to receive visitors. The relatively humane treatment suggests Felix has not prejudged him as guilty.
Church Fathers on Acts 24:23
See how much close investigation is made by the many in a long course of time, that it should not be said that the trial was hurried over. For, as the orator had made mention of Lysias, that he took him away with violence, Felix, he says, deferred them. Having knowledge of that way: that is, he put them off on purpose: not because he wanted to learn, but as wishing to get rid of the Jews. On their account, he did not like to let him go: to punish him was not possible; that…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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