The Book of Acts by Luke

Tetullus, ananias and some elders come up from jerusalem to examine paul. The absence of any witnesses is very telling. Tetullus begins with ingratiating praise for felix. He associates felix with and praises him for his establishment of peace this might add force to his case against paul. Felix's honour lies in his being a peacemaker and a peace keeper. And paul is a man who stirs up riots and provokes the masses. By being prepared to desecrate a temple he is a threat to civil an order. This can't be dismissed as merely a religious matter firse seven is missing in many translations because a chunk