Paul to Felix: "I am in Agreement with the Pharisees...sort of"

In Paul's defense before Felix (Acts 24.14ff) he acknowledges the areas of agreement with his accusers (who now seem to be Pharisees, or at least some of the Pharisees). He says that:

• I worship the God of my fathers
• I believe all things that are written in the law and the prophets
• I have hope toward God
• I believe in the resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust
• I work to always have a conscience void of offense both to man and God

In other words, Paul is saying that he agrees almost completely with his accusers. The area of disagreement is on the person of Christ. Paul says that Christ is the Messiah, his accusers disagree, and want to see him killed.

All in all it is a brilliant defense from Paul, and Luke clearly weaves into the narrative Paul's innocence, both from his own perspective and from the perspective of Felix, the one who could set Paul free.