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Aug 13, 2004 · Felix was a very colorful personality, as others point out: “Marcus Antonius Felix (as his full name is usually taken to have been) was a man of servile birth, who owed his unprecedented advancement to a post of honor usually reserved for the equestrian order to the influence which his brother Pallas exercised at the imperial court under ...
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. The event which led to the introduction of Felix into the narrative of Ac was the riot at Jerusalem . There Paul, being attacked at the instigation of the Asiatic Jews for alleged ...
Nov 2, 2023 · Antonius Felix, Roman procurator of Judea (r. 52–c. 59 C.E.), Paul’s first judge, left him in prison for two years until new procurator Porcius Festus (r. c. 60–62 C.E.) became the second judge, and Paul appealed to Caesar. Drusilla left her first husband to marry Roman governor Felix.
Apr 29, 2022 · Marcus Antonius Felix (Felix in Greek: ο Φηλιξ, born between 5/10-?) was the Roman procurator of Iudaea Province 52-58, in succession to Ventidius Cumanus. Life Felix was the younger brother of the Greek freedman Marcus Antonius Pallas.
Antonius Felix was the procurator of the Roman Province of Judea. Tacitus indicates that Felix served in this capacity jointly with Cumanus for a number of years and thereafter as sole procurator of Judea (Annals XII, 54). Josephus however makes no mention of this joint rule with Cumanus. Most scholars place Felix as procurator starting in 52 C.E.
May 20, 2012 · Text: 1Co 10:11 A. Marcus Antonius Felix - Governor of Judea, Samaria, Galilee, Perea (A.D. 52-59). 1. Corruption of Felix (Act 23:26-24:27). a. His corruption hindered him from acquitting Paul. He wanted a bribe from Paul to release him (Act 24:26). He was more concerned with pleasing the Jews than to execute justice (Act 24:27). b. His corruption hindered him from accepting the gospel. Paul ...
Any hopes that affairs between the Jews and Romans might improve with the removal Cumanus proved vain when Antonius Felix was appointed as his replacement in ca. AD 52. The Roman historian Tacitus states that instead of learning from the mistakes of his predecessor, Felix governed the Judean province like a man who “believed he could commit ...
