Acts 24:7

4 and that I may not be further tedious to thee, I pray thee to hear us concisely in thy gentleness;

5 for having found this man a pestilence, and moving a dissension to all the Jews through the world -- a ringleader also of the sect of the Nazarenes --

6 who also the temple did try to profane, whom also we took, and according to our law did wish to judge,

7 and Lysias the chief captain having come near, with much violence, out of our hands did take away,

8 having commanded his accusers to come to thee, from whom thou mayest be able, thyself having examined, to know concerning all these things of which we accuse him;`

9 and the Jews also agreed, professing these things to be so.

10 And Paul answered -- the governor having beckoned to him to speak -- `Knowing [that] for many years thou hast been a judge to this nation, the more cheerfully the things concerning myself I do answer;