Acts 24:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Having more perfect knowledge, &c.— Dr. Heylin, after many learned expositors, translates this verse thus: Felix, having heard both parties, put them off to another time, saying, When I shall be better informed concerning this sect, and the chief captain Lysias shall be here, I will inquire more narrowly into this affair. If the passage is to be understood according to our version, the meaning must be, "that Felix when he heard these things, having been more accurately informed concerning this way of Christianity, and knowing it not to be the mischievous thing which these accusers suggested, put them off."

Acts 24:22

22 And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.