A dictionary of the . hed before him a most practicalsermon, arraigning his crimes and urg-ing upon him the duty of repentance inview of future judgment. The sermon made an impression, for Felix trembled/ but it was kept the apostle imprisoned for 2years, and postponed the inquiry re-specting his own salvation until a con-venient season, which, so far as weknow, never came. Felix was super-seded by Porcius Festus 2 years afterthis event, and tried at Rome beforeNero for malversation of office, but es-caped punishment through the inter-vention of Pallas, the freedman ofClau
A dictionary of the . hed before him a most practicalsermon, arraigning his crimes and urg-ing upon him the duty of repentance inview of future judgment. The sermon made an impression, for Felix trembled/ but it was kept the apostle imprisoned for 2years, and postponed the inquiry re-specting his own salvation until a con-venient season, which, so far as weknow, never came. Felix was super-seded by Porcius Festus 2 years afterthis event, and tried at Rome beforeNero for malversation of office, but es-caped punishment through the inter-vention of Pallas, the freedman ofClaudius and his successor, Nero. FENCED CITY. See Cities. FERRET, an animal of the weaselfamily tamed in Europe and used forcatching rats. It has long been agreedthat the creature which sighs or groans(Heb. andkah, to groan ) is not the fer- ret. Lev. 11 : 30. Older writers consid-ered it the shrew-mouse or the hedge-hog, both of which abound in Pales-tine. The belief is now almost univer-sal that it is some animal of the lizarc. tribe. Several of these reptiles make amournful cry or wail, especially the gecko,which is very common in Palestine andEgypt among ruins, and is remarkablenot only for the clucking note which itsname imitates, but for its fan-like toes,whereby it is able to run up the smooth-est wall, and even on ceilings. Of thesesmall lizards there are several species. FESTIVALS, Feasts. FESTUS, PORCIUS, succeed-ed Felix, A. D. 60, in the government ofJudaea, and died in 62. Acts 24: had a hearing before him on sun-dry charges, andFestus would have re-leased him if Paul had not appealed tothe emperor. Acts 26 : 32. Josephusgives him a good character as an effi-cient ruler, especially because he did hisbest to rid the country of robbers. FETTERS. See Chains. FIELD. The Hebrew word trans-lated field conveys a contrary ideato ours, inasmuch as it implies the ab-sence of enclosure. Thus the field isoften contrasted with portions of landthat are enclose
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