Antonius Felix, Roman Prefect Of Judaea Under Claudius, 52-59 Ce (NGC Slab)

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Antonius Felix, Roman Prefect Of Judaea Under Claudius, 52-59 Ce (NGC Slab). By the time of his last visit to Jerusalem ca. AD 58, Paul of Tarsus had made enough enemies that his mere presence at the Temple instigated a riot. At the urging of the local Jewish leaders, he was arrested and sent to the provincial capital of Caesarea, where he was imprisoned by decree of the governor of Judaea, Antonius Felix. For two years Paul languished in prison, held without trial. Although Felix reportedly enjoyed Paul’s company and dined with him on numerous occasions—their meetings are mentioned in the New Testament’s Acts of the Apostles—Felix did not release him, probably because Paul refused to pay the governor, an appointee of Claudius, a bribe his is a genuine ancient bronze prutah of the Roman province of Judaea, struck during the prefecture of Antonius Felix, AD 52-59.

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Antonius Felix, Roman Prefect Of Judaea Under Claudius, 52-59 Ce (NGC Slab). By the time of his last visit to Jerusalem ca. AD 58, Paul of Tarsus had made enough enemies that his mere presence at the Temple instigated a riot. At the urging of the local Jewish leaders, he was arrested and sent to the provincial capital of Caesarea, where he was imprisoned by decree of the governor of Judaea, Antonius Felix. For two years Paul languished in prison, held without trial. Although Felix reportedly enjoyed Paul’s company and dined with him on numerous occasions—their meetings are mentioned in the New Testament’s Acts of the Apostles—Felix did not release him, probably because Paul refused to pay the governor, an appointee of Claudius, a bribe his is a genuine ancient bronze prutah of the Roman province of Judaea, struck during the prefecture of Antonius Felix, AD 52-59.

Coins in images are examples only.

Antonius Felix, Roman Prefect Of Judaea Under Claudius, 52-59 Ce (NGC Slab). By the time of his last visit to Jerusalem ca. AD 58, Paul of Tarsus had made enough enemies that his mere presence at the Temple instigated a riot. At the urging of the local Jewish leaders, he was arrested and sent to the provincial capital of Caesarea, where he was imprisoned by decree of the governor of Judaea, Antonius Felix. For two years Paul languished in prison, held without trial. Although Felix reportedly enjoyed Paul’s company and dined with him on numerous occasions—their meetings are mentioned in the New Testament’s Acts of the Apostles—Felix did not release him, probably because Paul refused to pay the governor, an appointee of Claudius, a bribe his is a genuine ancient bronze prutah of the Roman province of Judaea, struck during the prefecture of Antonius Felix, AD 52-59.

Antonius Felix (possibly Tiberius Claudius Antonius Felix,[1] in Greek: ὁ Φῆλιξ; born c. 5–10) was the fourth Roman procurator of Judea Province in 52–60, in succession to Ventidius Cumanus. He appears in the New Testament in Acts 23 and 24, where the Apostle Paul is brought before him for a trial.[2]

Felix was the younger brother of Greek freedman Marcus Antonius Pallas who served as a secretary of the treasury during the reign of Emperor Claudius. According to Tacitus, Pallas and Felix descended from the Greek Kings of Arcadia.[3]

Felix became the procurator by the petition of his brother. Felix's cruelty and his accessibility to bribes (see Book of Acts 24:26) led to a great increase of crime in Judaea. The period of his rule was marked by internal feuds and disturbances, which he put down with severity.[4]