Acts 23:26

And when I would have known the cause,.... Or crime, he was guilty of:

wherefore they accused him: which they charged him with, and for which they beat him almost to death:

I brought him forth…

Unto the most excellent governor Felix - The most honored, etc. This was a mere title of office. Greeting - A term of salutation in an epistle wishing health, joy, and prosperity.

We have here the story of a plot against the life of Paul; how it was laid, how it was discovered, and how it was defeated.

I. How this plot was laid. They found they could gain nothing by popular…

Letter of Claudius Lysias to Felix

26. the most excellent governor The title "most excellent" is that which is given by St Luke at the beginning of his Gospel to the Theophilus for whom he wrote it.…