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	Paul's Defense Before Felix
		Antonius Felix and his brother Pallas were slaves who were freed by the mother of Emperor Claudius.
		In A.D. Antonius Felix became the governor of Judea and was stationed in Herod’s palace in Caesarea.
		Felix’s reign was characterized by unrest and uprisings.
	www.gracevalley.org /sermon_trans/2000/Pauls_Defense_Before_Felix.html (5210 words)

	ANTONIUS FELIX - LoveToKnow Article on ANTONIUS FELIX
		The period of his rule was marked by internal feuds and disturbances, which he put down with severity.
		The apostle Paul, after being apprehended in Jerusalem, was sent to be judged before Felix at Caesarea, and kept in custody for two years (Acts xxiv.).
		On returning to Rome, Felix was accused of having taken advantage of a dispute between the Jews and Syrians of Caesarea to slay and plunder the inhabitants, but through the intercession of his brother, the freedman Pallas, who had great influence with the emperor Nero, he escaped unpunished.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FE/FELIX_ANTONIUS.htm (260 words)

	Felix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Felix (Latin for "lucky") is the name of many different individuals, both real and fictional.
		Felix is a character from the GBA series Golden Sun.
		Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky founded the Cheka, which gradually evolved into the KGB.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Felix (180 words)

	Felix
		Felix was appointed governor of Judea in 52 and stayed in office until 58.
		Felix was a cruel and lustful man, thoroughly corrupt with a depraved thirst for plunder.
		Felix wanted to keep Paul in prison only shortly, but delays his release because he didn't want to create an uprising with the people.
	latter-rain.com /earlychurch/felix.htm (467 words)

	Felix; Antonius (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		The event which led to the introduction of Felix into the narrative of Acts was the riot at Jerusalem ( Acts 21:27).
		According to the Bezan text, the continued imprisonment of Paul was due to the desire of Felix to please Drusilla.
		Felix was the brother of Pallas, who was the infamous favorite of Claudius, and who, according to Tacitus (Annals xiii.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/3403 (653 words)

	Biblica 82 (2001) Frederick E. BRENK - Filippo CANALI DE ROSSI
		If Felix’ wife really were a descendant of Kleopatra and Marcus Antonius, and accordingly of Kleopatra Selene or someone of the same age, she would presumably be the great-granddaughter of Kleopatra VII and Marcus Antonius, and ‘perhaps’ the granddaughter of Kleopatra Selene and Iuba of Mauretania.
		Felix evidently liked noble blood and well-connected ladies, but he was not necessarily eccentric (to marry an over-age wife) nor depraved.
		KOKKINOS, "The gentilicium of Felix", 138 (Josephus, Ant.
	www.bsw.org /project/biblica/bibl82/Ani08m.html (2888 words)

	HinterWelt Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Felix the gladiator recognizes Fahid as the name of a foreign gladiator, part of the Familia Aegyptus (a gladiator troupe from Aegyptus).
		Antonius' warhorse is holding the kuang-shi at bay and four of the other horses are still alive.
		Felix, the gladiator, accompanies him and is given the unenviable task of returning to inform the party.
	www.hinterwelt.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=73 (9365 words)

	Felix
		With his brother Pallas, Felix became a favorite of the emperor Claudius.
		Claudius made him governor of most of the former kingdom of Agrippa I [Judea, Samaria and Galilee], a position bolstered by his marriage to Agrippa's sister, Drusilla.
		Felix (Antonius Felix) - article by R. Gottheil and S. Krauss in the Jewish Encyclopedia.
	virtualreligion.net /iho/felix.html (307 words)

	grimm - jgx12.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Antonius married Agnes FRECH on 24 Nov 1835 in Bottingen Cath.
		Felix was born 19 Nov 1767 in Bottingen, Wurttemburg, Germany.
		Salomea married Felix, the younger LEHR, son of Felix LEHR and Pelagia HUEBER, on 29 Dec 1806 in Bottingen Cath.
	webpages.charter.net /roseandthorns/jgxg12.htm (1607 words)

	Ptolemy of Mauretania
		Ptolemy of Mauretania (1 B.C. - 40 A.D.) was the grandson of Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony, the son of their daughter Cleopatra Selene and Juba II of Numidia.
		He married Julia Urania, thought to have been a member of the royal family of Emesa, and it was almost certainly his daughter Drusilla (not his sister Drusilla of Mauretania, and probably not her daughter) who was the first wife of Antonius Felix, procurator of Judea.
		Felix had a second wife also named "Drusilla," the sister of Agrippa II of Judea.)
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pt/Ptolemy_of_Mauretania.html (118 words)

	Paul's Trial Before Felix--Part 1 - The Case Against Paul - John MacArthur
		His wife Drusilla married a king when she was fifteen, but Felix lusted for her, seduced her, and stole her from her husband.
		Felix enjoyed the flattery of Tertullus because the Jewish leaders had to listen to all his flattery.
		Felix accepted the Jewish leaders' accusation even though he knew it was a lie.
	www.biblebb.com /files/MAC/sg1791.htm (4913 words)

	Shaken Up But Not Saved
		Like Felix, Drusilla had no principles Although she was brought up as a Jewess, she abandoned her religious teachings to marry, with no qualm of conscience, the pagan Felix, who had been born a slave.
		Felix and Drusilla were godless materialists who would do anything to gain power and maintain their hedonistic lifestyle.
		Felix and Drusilla, Jesus Christ alone is the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world by his death and resurrection.
	www.gracevalley.org /sermon_trans/2000/Shaken_Up_But_Not_Saved.html (4923 words)

	Shaken Up But Not Saved
		Like Felix, Drusilla had no principles Although she was brought up as a Jewess, she abandoned her religious teachings to marry, with no qualm of conscience, the pagan Felix, who had been born a slave.
		Felix’s hope was in stark contrast to the hope of Paul—a hope in the resurrection of the just and eventual vindication by the resurrected Christ.
		Felix and Drusilla, Jesus Christ alone is the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world by his death and resurrection.
	dcn.davis.ca.us /~gvcc/sermon_trans/2000/Shaken_Up_But_Not_Saved.html (4913 words)

	Marcus
		Felix Marcus Minucius Felix Marcus Minucius was one of the earliest if not the earliest, of the Christianity.
		Marcus Antonius Creticus Marcus Antonius Creticus (lived Mediterranean Sea of the threat of piracy.
		Marcus Antonius Orator Marcus Antonius Orator (died Lucius Cornelius Cinna when they obtained possession of Rome in 87 B...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/marcus.html (1192 words)

	Kinship of Antonius Felix with Daniel and Lalou Holdt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Kinship of Antonius Felix with Daniel and Lalou Holdt
		And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let [him] have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
		And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
	www.american-pictures.com /genealogy/descent/Antonius.Felix.htm (194 words)

	SAINT PAUL
		Felix's power at court had increased when his mistress, in 54, had poisoned her husband Claudius, and had substituted for him on the throne, her son, Nero.
		Felix, who was an ex-slave, governed in a slave's way, although he had chosen his wives from among royalty.
		If Felix had been of a different moral make-up, he would have set Paul free; but he feared to exasperate the Jews and, avaricious as he was, he hoped to receive some money for the deliverance of the prisoner.
	www.catholictradition.org /Tradition/paul3.htm (7401 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for antonius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		He was apprenticed to Amati c.1658 and may have remained with him until Amati's death in 1684.
		Henricus Antonius van Meegeren (born Oct. 10, 1889, Deventer, Neth151;died Dec. 30, 1947, Amsterdam) Dutch art forger.
		The Antonius papers and 'The Arab Awakening,' over fifty years on.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=antonius (846 words)

	Bible Study - Felix
		Antonius Claudius, known to Bible History by his given name Felix, was the Roman procurator (governor) of Judea (see Ancient Empires - Rome) for a few years in the time of the early Christian church.
		Like the Roman emperors that he served (see New Testament Roman Emperors), including Nero, Felix was a corrupt and brutal man. His appearance in The Bible record takes place in Caesarea, where the apostle Paul was brought before him for trial after his arrest in Jerusalem.
		Occasionally seated with Felix during the course of the "trial" was Drusilla, the daughter of Herod Agrippa (see The Herods), who had accepted an invitation from Felix to leave her husband, the king of Emesa, to become his adulterous wife.
	www.keyway.ca /htm2000/20000322.htm (527 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 218 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		As his peace began to be more and more disturbed by the number of visitors, he withdrew further east to a mountain which is called mount St. Antonius to this day; but he nevertheless frequently visited the towns of Egypt, and formed an intimate friendship with Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria.
		During the exile of the latter from Alexandria, Antonius wrote several letters on his behalf to the emperor Constantine.
		After the restoration of Athanasius, Antonius at the age of 104 years went to Alexandria to see his friend once more, and to exert his last powers against the Arians.
	ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0227.html (942 words)

	Antonius Felix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Marcus Antonius Felix was the Roman procurator of Judaea 52 - 60 AD, in succession to Ventidius Cumanus.
		7) calls him Claudius Felix, or more probably of his mother Antonia Minor.
		On entering his province he induced Drusilla of Mauretania, wife of Azizus of Horns ( Emesa), to leave her husband and live with him as his wife.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antonius_Felix (257 words)

	Roman Emperor List
		Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus / Imperator Caesar Marcus Antoninus Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus
		Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus / Imperator Caesar Marcus Antoninus Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus
		Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius / Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus
	www.unrv.com /government/emperor.php (964 words)

	Detail Page
		She left her husband to become the second wife of Marcus Antonius Felix, a freedman of the younger Antonia.
		Felix's brother Pallas, an ally of the younger Agrippina, was Claudius's financial secretary and was among the richest, most powerful men in Rome.
		Drusilla used her influence to shield Felix when Pallas fell from power in Rome after the death of Agrippina.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=AGRW0185 (255 words)

	bible.org: ISBE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		FELIX; ANTONIUS - fe'-liks, an-to'-ni-us (Phelix, from Latin felix, "happy"): A Roman procurator of Judea, appointed in succession to Cumanus by the emperor Claudius.
		But Lysias, finding that Paul was a Roman citizen, and that therefore the secret plots against the life of his captive might entail serious consequences upon himself, and finding also that Paul was charged on religious rather than on political grounds, sent him on to Felix at Caesarea for trial ( Acts 21:31 through 23:34).
		The trial was begun, but after hearing the evidence of Tertullus (see TERTULLUS) and the speech of Paul in his own defense, Felix deferred judgment ( Acts 24:1-22).
	www.bible.org /isbe.asp?id=3403 (658 words)

	Church of the Open Door - Study Tools
		When Felix reads the letter he puts Paul under guard in Herodâs praetorium until the case is heard.
		Paul Before Felix: The harsh and cruel Antonius Felix, former slave who had become procurator of Judea (the same position Pilate held during Christâs trial) hears the charge of the Jews offered by the famous attorney, Tertullus who claims that Paul was a seditious troublemaker who had desecrated the temple.
		Felix stalls his judgment for two years because he did not want to alienate the Jews and sought a bribe from Paul.
	www.churchoftheopendoor.com /engine.cfm?i=6&devoid=1263 (1027 words)

	Lesson21
		Roman historian Tacticus describes Felix as "a tyrant with the disposition of a slave." He is corrupt and uses his position for personal wealth.
		Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess.
		Felix is "under a cloud," and barely escapes with his life when he returns to Rome.
	home.insightbb.com /~hhenry47/Lesson21.htm (2434 words)

	Church in Rome in the First Century
		Wherever Felix appears in the history of these troubled years, we find him struggling with disorder, and crushing, so far as he could with the small force at his disposal, both brigandage in the country and rioting in the city.
		She was, however, at the time of her marriage with Felix still a girl in her teens, and this Magian may have been the instrument employed by the unscrupulous Felix to cajole her into an act which as an Herodian princess must have been repugnant to her.
		I have already spoken of the behaviour of Felix to him as a proof that the Apostle was regarded as a man of some distinction, and that at this period of his life he was in no lack of means.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/edmundson/church.vii.html?bcb=0 (7355 words)

	Bible-peopleF
		Felix (M. Antonius Felix) was the Procurator of Palestine from A.D. 52 to 60.
		Felix often discussed Paul's faith with him, sometimes in the presence of his wife, the Jewess Drusilla.
		Felix kept Paul a prisoner until succeeded in his office by Porcius Festus.
	www.eriding.net /amoore/bible/biblepeopleF.htm (261 words)

	SermonCentral.com: Postponing Your Procrastination by Mike Fogerson
		AC 24:24 Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess.
		Felix stole Drusilla from her husband and became Felix’s* 3rd wife.
		Felix and Drusilla have a very distinguished and diabolical family history.
	www.sermoncentral.com /sermon.asp?SermonID=46910 (848 words)

	Daily Reflections with Patrick Henry Reardon
		A letter about Paul was sent to Antonius Felix, the well known and often cruel procurator of Judea from A.D.52 to 59/60 (cf.
		When he credits Felix’s administration with the blessings of peace (24:2), for instance, the statement is true only in the sense that Felix had rather ruthlessly suppressed rebel uprisings and acts of terrorism (cf.
		Tertullus diplomatically passes over those activities of Felix which effectively fomented rebellion and terrorism, those displays of his administration’s rapacity and harshness that would in due course lead to the Jewish rebellion against Rome.
	www.touchstonemag.com /frpat/2002_08_18_frpatarchive.html (2993 words)

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