How to Pronounce Felix

What does Felix mean?

Felix means “happy, prosperous”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Who was Felix?

Happy, the Roman procurator of Judea before whom Paul “reasoned” (Acts 24:25). He appears to have expected a bribe from Paul, and therefore had several interviews with him. The “worthy deeds” referred to in 24:2 was his clearing the country of banditti and impostors. At the end of a two years’ term, Porcius Festus was appointed in the room of Felix (A.D. 60), who proceeded to Rome, and was there accused of cruelty and malversation of office by the Jews of Caesarea. The accusation was rendered nugatory by the influence of his brother Pallas with Nero. (See Josephus, Ant. xx.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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