And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
A Deputation from the Sanhedrim, employing a professional pleader, formally accuse Paul before Felix the Procurator (24:1-9)
And after five days - or, on the 5th day after their departure from Jerusalem,
Ananias the high priest descended with the elders - or, 'certain elders' [ presbuteroon (G4245 ) tinoon (G5100 ), though regarded as a gloss by a number of critics, is better attested, and is adopted by Lachmann and Tregelles. Tischendorf in this case, contrary to his usual authorities, adheres to the Received Text, toon (G3588 ) presbuteroon (G4245).] These were a deputation from the Sanhedrim.
And with a certain orator named Tertullus - one of those Roman advocates who trained themselves for the higher practice of the metropolis by practicing in the provinces, where the Latin language, employed in the courts, was but imperfectly understood, and Roman forms were not familiar.
Who informed (or 'laid information before,') the governor (or 'put in the charges') against Paul. The name Tertullus (a diminutive from Tertius), which was common among the Romans, shows his Latin descent.