Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Acts 24:2-4
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Acts24:2-4
2-4. Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, &c.--In this fulsome flattery there was a semblance of truth: nothing more. Felix acted with a degree of vigor and success in suppressing lawless violence [Josephus, Antiquities, 20.8.4; confirmed by Tacitus, Annals, 12.54].
by thy providence--a phrase applied to the administration of the emperors.
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