Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Acts 24:22-23

22-23. having more perfect knowledge of that--"the"

way--(See on Ac 19:23; and Ac 24:14).

When Lysias ... shall come ... I will how, &c.--Felix might have dismissed the case as a tissue of unsupported charges. But if from his interest in the matter he really wished to have the presence of Lysias and others involved, a brief delay was not unworthy of him as a judge. Certainly, so far as recorded, neither Lysias nor any other parties appeared again in the case. Ac 24:23, however, seems to show that at that time his prepossessions in favor of Paul were strong.