1 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul. (Acts 24:1 KJV)
William Burkitt’s Commentary
Observe here, How Ananias the high priest, with the elders or heads of the Jewish council at Jerusalem, travel from thence to Cesarea, a great many miles, to inform the governor against St. Paul; After five days Ananias descended, &c.
The devil’s drudges stick at no pains, spare for no cost, in doing his drudgery. A persecuting spirit claps wings to a person, it makes him swift in his motion, and zealous in his application and endeavours.
Observe, 2. How the high priest carries with him one of their most eminent and eloquent advocates, to implead the innocent apostle.
Satan never founders in any of his enterprises and wicked plans for want of fit tools to carry them on. He has his Tertullus, an eloquent orator, ready, who could tune his tongue any way for a large fee. Ananias descended, with a certain orator named Tertullus, &c.