TSK · Acts 24:1

For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;

And upon a set day Herod arrayed himself in royal apparel, and sat on the throne, and made an oration unto them.

And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

And when it was shown to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to thee forthwith, charging his accusers also to speak against him before thee.

Seeing that thou canst take knowledge that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem:

about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed [me], asking for sentence against him.

And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: