Textus Receptus Bibles
English Majority Text Version 2009
New Testament
| 24:1 | Now after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and a certain attorney named Tertullus, who made known to the governor the charges against Paul. |
| 24:2 | And when he had been called, Tertullus began to accuse [him], saying: "Attaining much peace by you and successes coming about for this nation by your foresight, |
| 24:3 | both in everything and everywhere we accept [it], most excellent Felix, with all thanksgiving. |
| 24:4 | But that I not weary you any longer, I beseech you to hear us briefly in your graciousness. |
| 24:5 | For [we] have found this man [to ]be a plague, and [one] causing discord among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the Nazarenes sect, |
| 24:6 | who also attempted to profane the temple, whom we also arrested, |
| 24:7 | - - - |
| 24:8 | from whom you will be able, having judged [him] yourself, to learn about all these things of which we are accusing him." |
| 24:9 | And the Jews also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so. |
| 24:10 | But Paul answered (the governor, having nodded for him to speak): "Knowing that you have been a judge of this nation for many years, the more cheerfully I defend the things concerning myself, |
| 24:11 | because you being able to know that it has not been more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem. |
| 24:12 | And they did not find me with anyone in the temple disputing, or inciting a crowd to rise up, neither in the synagogues nor in the city. |
| 24:13 | Nor are they able to prove [against ]me the things about which they are now accusing me. |
| 24:14 | But I confess this to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing in all things which are written throughout the Law and in the Prophets, |
| 24:15 | having hope in God, which even they themselves are waiting for, that there is going to be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust. |
| 24:16 | And in this I myself am engaging, having a conscience blameless toward God and men through everything. |
| 24:17 | And after many years I arrived to bring alms and offerings to my nation, |
| 24:18 | among whom some Jews from Asia found me, having been purified in the temple, not with a crowd nor with turmoil, |
| 24:19 | who ought to be present before you and to make accusation if anything they might have against me. |
| 24:20 | Or let these themselves say what wrong they found in me, when I stood before the council, |
| 24:21 | unless it is because of this one statement which I cried out, standing among them, 'Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you today.' " |
| 24:22 | And when he heard these things, Felix adjourned them, knowing more accurately the things[ ]concerning the Way, and said, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case." |
| 24:23 | And ordering the centurion to keep watch over Paul and to let him have some liberty, and not to forbid [any] of his own to serve or to come to him. |
| 24:24 | Now after some days, when Felix arrived with Drusilla his wife, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. |
| 24:25 | And as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment which is going to be, Felix became afraid and answered, "Go away for now; but when I have opportunity I will summon you." |
| 24:26 | Meanwhile he also hoped that money would be given him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore sending for him more often, he was conversing with him. |
| 24:27 | But after two years had passed, Felix received Porcius Festus as his successor; and Felix, desiring to grant favors to the Jews, left Paul in prison. |
English Majority Text Version
PREFACE
Welcome to the third edition of The English Majority Text Version (EMTV) of the Holy Bible. This latest edition has Greek explanatory notes throughout the Bible, to aid the reader in understanding the meanings in some select places of the original Koine Greek. Also, the third edition finds itself closer to the Robinson/Pierpoint printed edition of the Byzantine majority text, rather than the Hodges/Farstad text, which the EMTV was translated from. You will notice these differences in John 7:53-8:11, as well as the entire book of Revelation.
The English Majority Text Version draws from the work of both Dr.’s Hodges and Farstad, and their text, “The Greek New Testament According to the Majority Text,” as well as from Dr. Wilbur Pickering, ThM. PhD., and the EMTV has incorporated his hard work in the field of producing evidence of just what does constitute a majority reading, and, as a result of his work, and the work of others, John 7:53-8:11, and the book of Revelation reflect these variant readings. This is one of the great things about having a Bible that is translated from the majority of the trustworthy Byzantine manuscripts that are in existence—the much greater probability of accuracy.
On the other side of the fence, most modern Bibles are translated from a few scant manuscripts (literally), and more often than not they do not even agree with each other. Not so with a Bible that is translated out of the majority! The experts in linguistics who have put these readings together, and diligently compared the manuscripts, had hundreds and hundreds of manuscripts to compare. It is my prayer that this work will bring honor to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and to our God and Father; because all of this, all that we do, we do to know Him better, and to better understand His word, which He has given to mankind. “Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar. (Prove 30:5,6). Peace of Christ to you all. In His service, Paul W Esposito Stauros Ministries