| Felix Smith's Bible Dictionary
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| Fe'lix.
(happy). A Roman procurator of Judea, appointed by the emperor
Claudius in A.D. 53. He ruled the province in a mean, cruel and
profligate manner. His period of office was full of troubles and
seditions. St. Paul was brought before Felix in Caesarea. He was
remanded to prison, and kept there two years in hopes of extorting money
from him. Act_24:26-27. At the end of that time, Porcius Festus, see Festus, Porcius, was appointed to supersede Felix, who, on his return to Rome, was accused by the Jews in Caesarea, and would have suffered the penalty due to his atrocities had not his brother, Pallas, prevailed with the emperor Nero to spare him. This was probably about A.D. 60. The wife of Felix was Drusilla, daughter of Herod Agrippa I, who was his third wife and whom he persuaded to leave her husband and marry him. |
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| Taken from: Smith's Bible Dictionary by Dr. William Smith (1884) |
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