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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70074" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70074" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Felix]] (''fç'lix'' ), ''happy.'' [[A]] Roman procurator of Judea appointed by the emperor Claudius in a.d. 53. His period of office was full of troubles and seditions. Paul was brought before Felix in Cæsarea. Paul was remanded to prison, and kept there two years in hopes of extorting money from him. Acts 24:26-27. At the end of that time Porcius Festus superseded Felix, who, on his return to Rome, was accused by the Jews in Cæsarea, and would have suffered for his crimes had not his brother [[Pallas]] prevailed with the emperor Nero to spare him. This was probably about a.d. 60. The wife of Felix was Drusilla, a daughter of Herod Agrippa [[I.,]] who was his third wife and whom he persuaded to leave her husband and marry him. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31497" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31497" /> == | ||
