tertullus

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tertullus - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Tertullus
  a modification of "Tertius;" a Roman advocate, whom the Jews
  employed to state their case against Paul in the presence of
  Felix (Acts 24:1-9). The charges he adduced against the apostle
  were, "First, that he created disturbances among the Romans
  throughout the empire, an offence against the Roman government
  (crimen majestatis). Secondly, that he was a ringleader of the
  sect of the Nazarenes; disturbed the Jews in the exercise of
  their religion, guaranteed by the state; introduced new gods, a
  thing prohibited by the Romans. And thirdly, that he attempted
  to profane the temple, a crime which the Jews were permitted to
  punish."