Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.
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 tumult, or legal process, and therefore have a recourse to the barbarous method of assassination; they will come upon him suddenly, and stab him, if...
Commenting on Acts 23:12-35
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 into their council; their court of judicature, the great sanhedrim.
Verse 26. Unto the most excellent governor Felix. The most honoured, etc. This was a mere title of office. Greeting. A term of salutation in an epistle wishing health, joy, and prosperity.