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Scene 1:
 
(Felix on his throne – Paul in chains – Soldiers holding Paul – Court official standing nearby.)
1st Narrator = The Apostle Paul was seized by Jews in the Temple in Jerusalem because the Jews were angry that Paul was a Christian.
As the Jews were beating Paul to death the Roman soldiers under the command of the Tribune Claudius Lysias intervened and arrested Paul.
When the Romans realized that Paul was innocent they wanted to release him, but they knew the Jews would kill him.
So instead, Claudius Lysias sent Paul to the Governor, Marcus Antonius Felix, under armed escort.
That night the Lord Jesus appeared to Paul and said, “Be encouraged, Paul.
Just as you have told the people about me here in Jerusalem, you must preach the Good News in Rome.”
 
1st Soldier = (To Felix) Most Excellent Felix, We have brought this man to you for your judgment from the Tribune Claudius Lysias (hand letter to the Court Official)
 
Felix = (To the Court Official) Read the letter
 
Court Official = (Tap the staff on the floor X2) “From Claudius Lysias, to his Excellency, Governor Felix.
Greetings!
This man was seized by some Jews, and they were about to kill him when I arrived with the troops.
When I learned that he was a Roman citizen, I removed him to safety.
Then I took him to their high council to try to find out what he had done.
I soon discovered it was something regarding their religious law—certainly nothing worthy of imprisonment or death.
But when I was informed of a plot to kill him, I immediately sent him on to you.
I have told his accusers to bring their charges before you.”
Felix = (To Paul) What province are you from?
Paul = (To Felix) I am Paul of Tarsus of the province of Cilicia.
Felix = (To Paul) I will hear your case myself when your accusers arrive.
(To the Soldiers) Put Paul in the dungeon in Herod’s Palace.
Scene 2:
 
(Felix on his throne – Court official standing nearby – Ananias & the Jewish Elders & Tertullus before Felix.)
2nd Narrator = Five days later the Jewish High Priest Ananias, some Elders of the Sanhedrin and their lawyer are granted an audience before Governor Felix to present their case against the Apostle Paul.
Felix = (To Ananias) You may speak
 
Ananias = (To Felix) Most Excellent Felix, We have come to present our charges against the troublemaker Paul.
Felix = (To the Court Official) Bring in the prisoner
 
Court Official = (Tap the staff on the floor X2) Bring in the Prisoner, Paul of Tarsus of the province of Cilicia.
Soldiers = (Bring Paul in)
 
Felix = (To Ananias) High Priest, you may proceed with the charges.
Ananias = (To Felix – motioning to Tertullus) Most Excellent Felix, may I present the Lawyer Tertullus, he will present our case.
Tertullus = (To Felix and the whole Court) Your Excellency, you have given peace to us Jews and have enacted reforms for us.
And for all of this we are very grateful to you.
But lest I bore you, kindly give me your attention for only a moment as I briefly outline our case against this man.
For we have found him to be a troublemaker, a man who is constantly inciting the Jews throughout the world to riots and rebellions against the Roman government.
He is a ringleader of the sect known as the Nazarenes.
Moreover he was trying to defile the Temple when we arrested him.
You can find out the truth of our accusations by examining him yourself.
Ananias & the Jewish Elders = (Chime in, Yes, Yes, its true etc.)
 
Felix = (To Paul) What do you have to say to these charges?
Paul = (To Felix and the whole Court) I know, sir, that you have been a judge of Jewish affairs for many years, and this gives me confidence as I make my defense.
You can quickly discover that it was no more than twelve days ago that I arrived in Jerusalem to worship at the Temple.
I didn’t argue with anyone in the Temple, nor did I incite a riot in any synagogue or on the streets of the city.
These men certainly cannot prove the things they accuse me of doing.
But I admit that I follow the Way, which they call a sect.
I worship the God of our ancestors, and I firmly believe the Jewish law and everything written in the books of prophecy.
I have hope in God, just as these men do, that he will raise both the righteous and the ungodly.
Because of this, I always try to maintain a clear conscience before God and everyone else.
After several years away, I returned to Jerusalem with money to aid my people and to offer sacrifices to God.
My accusers saw me in the Temple as I was completing a purification ritual.
There was no crowd around me and no rioting.
But some Jews from the province of Asia were there—and they ought to be here to bring charges if they have anything against me!
Ask these men here what wrongdoing the Jewish high council found in me, except for one thing I said when I shouted out, ‘I am on trial before you today because I believe in the resurrection of the dead!’”
 
Ananias, Tertullus & Jewish Elders = (Chime in, No, No, it’s a lie etc.)
 
Felix = (To the whole Court) Silence!
Okay, that’s enough for now.
We will reconvene this trial when Claudius Lysias, the garrison commander, arrives.
Then I will decide the case.”
I want you to keep the prisoner Paul in custody but give him some freedom and allow his friends to visit him and take care of his needs.
Scene 3:
 
(Felix on his throne – Drusilla seated next to him – Court official standing nearby.)
1st Narrator = The Governor has heard from Claudius Lysias and even though he knows Paul is innocent he will not release him because he wants to please the Jews he governs.
Felix’s Jewish wife, Julia Drusilla the great-granddaughter of King Herod the Great, wants to hear Paul’s defense for herself.
Felix = (To Drusilla) Drusilla, you should enjoy listening to this man, Paul.
Drusilla = (To Felix) I’ve been looking forward to hearing his ravings, my husband.
Felix = (To Drusilla) It’s quite obvious he’s crazy, but as we found out from Tribune Lysias, he’s also innocent.
Drusilla = (To Felix) You aren’t thinking of letting him go free?
Felix = (To Drusilla) Of course not, I know how much that would anger your people.
Of course if he bribed me with enough money I’d let him go.
(Turn to the Court Official.)
Bring him in.
Court Official = (Tap the staff on the floor X2) Bring in the prisoner.
Soldiers = (Bring Paul in)
 
Felix = (To Paul) You may speak
 
Paul = (To Felix & Drusilla) The God of this nation of Israel chose our ancestors and made them prosper in Egypt.
Then he powerfully led them out of their slavery.
He put up with them through forty years of wandering around in the wilderness.
Then he destroyed seven nations in Canaan and gave their land to Israel as an inheritance.
All this took about 450 years.
After that, judges ruled until the time of Samuel the prophet.
Then the people begged for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who reigned for forty years.
But God removed him from the kingship and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, “David son of Jesse is a man after my own heart, for he will do everything I want him to.”
And it is one of King David’s descendants, Jesus, who is God’s promised Savior of Israel!
But before he came, John the Baptist preached the need for everyone in Israel to turn from sin and turn to God and be baptized.
As John was finishing his ministry he asked, “Do you think I am the Messiah?
No! But he is coming soon—and I am not even worthy to be his slave.”
This salvation is for us!
The people in Jerusalem and their leaders fulfilled prophecy by condemning Jesus to death.
They didn’t recognize him or realize that he is the one the prophets had written about, though they hear the prophets’ words read every Sabbath.
They found no just cause to execute him, but they asked Pilate to have him killed anyway.
When they had fulfilled all the prophecies concerning his death, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.
But God raised him from the dead!
And he appeared over a period of many days to those who had gone with him from Galilee to Jerusalem—these are his witnesses to the people of Israel.
God’s promise to our ancestors has come true in our own time, in that God raised Jesus.
This is what the second psalm is talking about when it says concerning Jesus, “You are my Son.
Today I have become your Father.”
For God had promised to raise him from the dead, never again to die.
This is stated in the Scripture that says, ‘I will give you the sacred blessings I promised to David.’
Another psalm explains more fully, saying, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.’
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