Tertullus here descended to bare-faced falsehood. The character of Felix was base and contemptible. It was said that he “practiced all kinds of lust and cruelty with the power of a king and the temper of a slave.” It is true that he had rendered some service to the nation by his vigilance in ridding the country of robbers, and he pursued and drove away the Egyptian rebel for whom Claudius Lysias had hastily mistaken Paul; but his acts of cruelty and oppression caused him to be universally hated. The treacherous cruelty of his character is shown by his brutal murder of the high priest Jonathan, to whom he was largely indebted for his own position. Jonathan, though really little better than Felix himself, had ventured to expostulate with him for some of his acts of violence, and for this, the procurator had caused him to be assassinated while employed in his official duties in the temple.{LP 235.1}

Her nedgjorde Tertullus sig til den rene løgn. Feliks karakter var under mål og elendig. Det blev sagt at han "udøvede alle slags lyst og grusomhed med en konges mangt og en slaves temperament." Det er rigtigt at han havde ydet en vist tjeneste til folket ved han havde befriet landet for røvere, og han havde forfulgt og bortjaget den ægyptiske oprører, som Klaudius Lysias havde gået fejl af for Paulus; men han blev haddet over alt for hans grusomhed og undertrykkelse. Den svigefulde grusomhed i hans karakter, vises ved hans brutale mord af ypperstepræsten Jonathan, hvem han meget skyldig over for, ved hans egen position. Selvom Jonatan var lidt bedre end Feliks selv, dristede han sig til at bebrejde sig ham for nogle voldshandlinger, derfor forøvede den offentlige anklager attentat imod ham medens han gjorde sine officielle pligter i templet.