ACC ~ Acts 24 v26

FELIX DID NOT WISH TO BELIEVE. CHRYSOSTOM: He sent for him frequently, not because he admired him, or because he praised his words or even because he wished to believe. Then why? “He hoped,” it says, “that money would be given him.” Look how [Luke] does not hide the mindset of the judge here. And yet if he had condemned him, he would not have done this or wished to listen to a condemned wretch. And look at Paul, although he is talking with a ruler, he says none of those things that are likely to amuse, but rather he speaks “about justice,” it says, “and future judgment” and about the resurrection. And such was the force of his words that they even alarmed the governor. HOMILIES ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 51.

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