Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Acts 24:20
Or else let these same here say if they have found any evil doing in me while I stood before the Council,
Or else let these same here say if they have found any evil doing in me while I stood before the Council,
ACTS 24:20 eu-ron avdi,khma {B} The later manuscripts, followed by the Textus Receptus, incorporate a natural addition, which rounds out the phrase and makes it more explicit....
Verse Acts 24:20. _ANY EVIL DOING IN ME WHILE I STOOD BEFORE THE COUNCIL_] The Jews of Asia, the most competent witnesses, though my declared enemies, and they who stirred up the persecution against...
OR ELSE - Since they are not here to witness against me in regard to what occurred in the temple, let these here present bear witness against me, if they can, in regard to any other part of my conduct...
CHAPTER 23 _ 1. Paul before the Sanhedrin (Acts 23:1)._ 2. The vision of the Lord (Acts 23:11). 3. The Conspiracy against Paul (Acts 23:12). 4. Paul taken to Caesarea ...
PAUL'S SPEECH. Paul does not speak till the procurator invites him to do so, according to the necessary order of all judicial proceedings. His speech is not quite so fine as that of Tertullus, yet whi...
ACTS 24:22 F. FELIX ADJOURNS THE CASE. The clause having more exact knowledge concerning the Way may be due to the editor, who tends to exhibit Roman officials as favourable to the cause (Preuschen)....
A FLATTERING SPEECH AND A FALSE CHARGE (Acts 24:1-9)...
When the governor had given him the sign to speak, Paul answered, "In the knowledge that you for many years have been a judge of this people, I confidently offer my defence of my case, for you can asc...
IF. The texts omit. ANY. what. EVIL DOING. Greek. _adikema._ App-128. COUNCIL. Greek. _sunedrion._ See note on 2 John 1:11; 2 John 1:11 :47....
_Or else let these same here_(_R. V._these men themselves) _say_ i.e. the Sadducees with Ananias. The assailants of St Paul were of two classes, first the Asiatic Jews, who were furious against him be...
εἰ before ΤΊ omitted with אABCEHLP. _Vulg_. ‘si.’ ἐν ἐμοί omitted with אAB. _Vulg_. ‘in me.’ 20. Ἢ ΑΥ̓ΤΟῚ ΟὟΤΟΙ ΕἸΠΆΤΩΣΑΝ, _or let these men themselves say_, i.e. Ananias and his party. The assailant...
ST PAUL’S ANSWER TO THE CHARGE...
_PAUL DEFENSE BEFORE FELIX CONTINUED ACTS 24:19-23:_ Paul said the Jews from Asia were the only ones that saw him in the Temple. If they had anything to say against him he felt that they should be pre...
ΑΎΤΟΊ ΟΎΤΟΙ эти самые, ΕΊΠΆΤΩΣΑΝ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004). _Aor. imper._ призывает к специфическому действию. ΕΎΡΟΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 24:5. ΆΔΊΚΗΜΑ (G92) _acc. sing._ неправда,...
b. Paul's trial before Felix the governor. Acts 24:1-22. Acts 24:1 And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with certain elders, and with an orator, one Tertullus; and they informed th...
See notes on verse 10...
_ _ Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council, Or else (passing all that preceded my trial before the Jewish Sanhedrim) let these sam...
17 To a man like Felix the accusation that Paul belonged to the sect of the Nazarenes would have little in it to incriminate him. And Paul, with marvelous wisdom, answers all that might be said agains...
ST. PAUL BEFORE FELIX 1-27. St Paul and Felix. 1. Tertullus] in spite of his Roman name may have been a Greek or even a Jew (cp.'our Law,' AV Acts 24:6)....
ST PAUL'S DEFENCE. St. Paul answered the charges as follows. (1) He had no seditious intentions, for he was found purified in the Temple 'neither with multitude, nor with tumult' (Acts 24:18). (2) The...
DOUBTED] RV '(was) perplexed how to inquire concerning these things.'...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 24 THE *JEWISH LEADERS ACCUSE PAUL, 24:1-9 V1 Five days later, Ananias the *high priest went to Caesarea. Some leaders and Tertullus, a lawyer,...
IF THEY HAVE FOUND ANY EVIL DOING IN ME... — The better MSS. give, “what evil thing” (or, _what wrong act_) “they found in me.” This, from St. Paul’s point of view, was the one instance in which any w...
ἢ αὐτοὶ οὗτοι : “quando-quidem absunt illi, hi dicant,” Blass; as the Jews from Asia are not present as accusers, he appeals to those Jews who are he cannot demand speech from the absent, but he claim...
A TREMBLING BUT VENAL JUDGE Acts 24:17 The case had broken down. Paul's statement of faith and the absence of confirmatory evidence directly contradicted the only charge against him. Felix dared not...
Tertullus, who appeared here, was a Roman barrister, it being necessary for the Jews to employ such in presenting their cases before a Roman tribunal. The charges he made were palpably false. His desc...
Paul's Defense Before Felix Once the governor nodded to him, Paul began his defense. He expressed pleasure at getting to state his case before one who had years of experience in judging on matters inv...
Or else let these same [here] say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the (m) council, (m) Where the tribune brought me....
Paul proceeds simply to tell Felix about his arrival at Jerusalem only twelve days ago on the philanthropic errand of bringing the benefactions of the Gentile churches to the poor saints at Jerusalem,...
Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:...
The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
Paul appears before the governors in succession the Sanhedrim, Felix, Festus, Agrippa, and afterwards Caesar. And here, when occasion offers, we have striking appeals to conscience; when his defence i...
OR ELSE LET THESE SAME HERE SAY,.... They that are present, the high priest and the elders, who were come down to accuse him: IF THEY HAVE FOUND ANY EVIL DOING IN ME, WHILE I STOOD BEFORE THE COUNCIL...
Or else let these same _here_ say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council, Ver. 20. _Or else let these same here say_] This is the best defence, that is thus fetche...
_Now after many years_, &c. They have represented me as a profane and lawless person, as if I had thrown contempt upon religion, and done them a great deal of wrong; but so far have I been from doing...
COUNCIL; chap Acts 23:1-10....
The Jews did not delay long just taking enough time (5 days) to make plans by which to influence Felix against Paul. The high priest and elders of the people came down, bringing with them an orator na...
OR ELSE LET THOSE WHO ARE HERE THEMSELVES SAY IF THEY FOUND ANY WRONGDOING IN MY WHILE I STOOD BEFORE THE COUNCIL, 1. In the absence of these Jews from Asia, Paul welcomes any who are present to stan...
"Or else let these men themselves tell what misdeed they found when. stood before the Council" The Jews present only had knowledge of what Paul had said in the trial before the Council. "They found" T...
10-21 Paul gives a just account of himself, which clears him from crime, and likewise shows the true reason of the violence against him. Let us never be driven from any good way by its having an ill...
St. Paul is willing to allow the present Jews testimony about such things as they could know, having themselves heard and seen them; which was what passed in the council when Paul was brought before i...
Acts 24:20 else G2228 let G2036 those G3778 themselves G846 say G2036 (G5628) if G1536 found G2147 ...
“Or else let these men themselves declare what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council, except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, ‘Touching the resurrection of t...
Acts 24:20. OR EKE LET THESE SAME HERE SAY IF THEY HAVE FOUND ANY evil DOING IN ME, WHILE I STOOD BEFORE THE COUNCIL. Paul well knew that the Sanhedrim had no proof at all that he had committed any of...
THESE MEN THEMSELVES (αυτο ουτο). Since the Asiatic Jews are not present and these men are.WRONG DOING (αδικημα). Or misdeed. Old word from αδικεω, to do wrong. In the N.T. only here and Acts 18:1...
CONTENTS: Paul accused before Felix, and his defense. CHARACTERS: Ananias, elders, Tertullus, Felix, Paul, Lysias, Drusilla, Festus. CONCLUSION: Every false cause can find men of sharp wits to plead...
Acts 24:1. _After five days, Ananias descended with the elders;_ to intimidate the governor, and ensure the destruction of Paul, as they had done with Pilate in regard of the Saviour. They lost no tim...
PAUL SAID. Roman law condemned no one without allowing them to speak in their own defence. I KNOW THAT YOU. The frequent turnover of Roman Governors makes Paul's statement accurate. Felix had been gov...
_Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered._ PAUL’S DEFENCE BEFORE FELIX Note-- I. The Christianity of old Judaism. The apostle-- 1. Worshipped the Jews’ God. “So...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 24:20 WHEN I STOOD BEFORE THE COUNCIL. Ananias and the elders were members of the Sanhedrin. Thus they could testify to Paul’s earlier hearing before them (Acts
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 24:1 The Witness in Caesarea. Paul was imprisoned in Caesarea for more than two years. He received formal hearings from the governors Felix and Festus and the Jewish king Agrippa II....
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 24:10. MANY YEARS meant about six or seven, since Felix became procurator about A.D. 52 or 53 (Jos., _Ant._, XX. Acts 7:1). Before his elevation to the procuratorship of Judæa...
EXPOSITION ACTS 24:1 _The high priest Ananias came down _for _Ananias the high priest descended, _A.V.; _certain elders _for _the elders, _A.V. and T.R.; _an orator, one Tertullus _for _a certain ora...
Shall we turn now to chapter twenty-four in the book of Acts. Paul had been seen in the temple worshipping God by some of the Jews that were from Asia who were familiar with Paul's ministry among the...