He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
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Gill's Exposition
But after two years,.... Not of Felix's government, for he had been judge many years in that nation, but of the apostle's confinement at Caesarea:
Porcius Festus came in Felix's room; was made…
Barnes' Notes
He hoped also - He thought that by giving him access to his friends, and by often meeting him himself, and showing kindness, Paul might be induced to attempt to purchase his freedom with a bribe. That…
Adam Clarke
He hoped also that money should have been given him - Bp. Pearce asks, "How could St. Luke know this?" To which I answer: From the report of St. Paul, with whom Felix had frequent conferences, and to…
We have here the result of Paul's trial before Felix, and what was the consequence of it.
I. Felix adjourned the cause, and took further time to consider of it (Act 24:22): He had a more perfect…
Cambridge Bible
He hoped also(Rev. Ver.withal) that money should have been(R. V.would be) given him of Paul He had heard the Apostle speak of the contributions which he had gathered for the Jews in Jerusalem. His…
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