Felix
Felix was a Roman governor of Judea who heard the case against Paul and kept him in custody for two years.
Antonius Felix was the Roman procurator of Judaea from approximately AD 52–59, under whom Paul was imprisoned in Caesarea for two years. After Paul's arrest in Jerusalem, the tribune sent him to Felix, who agreed to hear his case and kept him in comfortable custody (Acts 23:23–35; 24:22–23). Felix and his Jewish wife Drusilla heard Paul speak privately about 'faith in Christ Jesus' and about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, upon which Felix became 'alarmed' and dismissed Paul, hoping over time for a bribe (Acts 24:24–26). When his term ended, he left Paul imprisoned to please the Jewish authorities. The Roman historian Tacitus described Felix as cruel and dissolute, ruling 'with the spirit of a slave.'