Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Acts 24:8
commanding his accusers to come unto thee; by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him.
commanding his accusers to come unto thee; by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him.
ACTS 24:6-8 evkrath,samen( {B} In the opinion of some scholars (e.g. Blass, Clark, Lagrange, Lake and Cadbury), the Western reading, which passed into the Textus Receptus, is necessary to the sense o...
Verse Acts 24:8. _COMMANDING HIS ACCUSERS TO COME_, c.] Here Tertullus closes his _opening_ and _statement_ of the case and now he proceeds to _call_ and examine his _witnesses_; and they were no dou...
COMMANDING HIS ACCUSERS ... - Acts 23:30. BY EXAMINING OF WHOM - That is, the Jews who were then present. Tertullus offered them as his witnesses of the truth of what he had said. It is evident that w...
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 ...
HEARING BEFORE FELIX: SPEECH FOR THE PROSECUTION. It would take five days (1) for the summons of Lysias (Acts 23:30) to be acted on, and the prosecutors to travel down. The High Priest and some elders...
A FLATTERING SPEECH AND A FALSE CHARGE (Acts 24:1-9)...
Five days afterwards Ananias the high priest came down with some of the elders and with a pleader called Tertullus. They laid information against Paul before the governor. When Paul was called, Tertul...
COMMANDING. Having commanded. Lysias had done this after he had sent Paul to Caesarea to escape the plot. Hence the bitterness of the Jews against him. It is one of the strongest grounds for the reten...
_commanding his accusers to come unto thee_ Which Lysias had not done till Paul was removed beyond reach of pursuit. _by examining of whom_ In the A. V. the relative "whom" is here naturally referred...
ΠΑΡ' ΟὟ ΔΥΝΉΣΗΙ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΣ�, Κ.Τ.Λ., _from whom thou wilt be able by examining him thyself to take knowledge_, &c. When the _Text. Recept_. stood, the words ‘whom’ and ‘him’ in this passage referred to Cl...
7, 8. Omitted from καὶ κατὰ to ἐπὶ σέ with אABHLP. See notes....
Acts 24:1-9. ARRIVAL OF THE ACCUSERS. SPEECH OF TERTULLUS, THEIR ADVOCATE...
_PAUL WAS ACCUSED IN THE COURT OF FELIX ACTS 24:1-9:_ The High Priest and the Jews knew that they had done wrong in their dealing with Paul so they wanted to get the matter settled quickly. Their inte...
ΔΥΝΉΣΗ _fut. ind. pass. (dep.) 2 pers. sing. от_ ΔΎΝΑΜΑΙ (G1410) быть способным, с _inf._ ΆΝΑΚΡΊΝΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΑΝΑΚΡΊΝΩ (G350) исследовать. Это слово часто используется для допроса пленника...
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 2...
Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of al...
28 As in the case of our Lord, witness after witness testified that Paul had done nothing deserving the bonds he endured or the death with which he was threatened. All who heard his case concurred in...
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)....
OF WHOM] i.e. of Paul, if the above words are omitted; but of Lysias, if they are retained....
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,...
BY EXAMINING OF WHOM... — Literally, _from whom thou shalt be able, by examining him thyself, to know thoroughly..._ The English construction suggests that the “accusers” are the persons to be examine...
ἀνακ.: not an examination by torture, which could not be legally applied either to Paul or to Lysias as Roman citizens, but in the sense of a judicial investigation in this sense peculiar to Luke, _cf...
TRUTH AGAINST SLANDER Acts 24:1 Paul was always on the lookout for the one ray of light in murky skies. He found a reason for counting himself happy in this dark hour, Acts 24:10. He held himself wit...
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...
The Jews Present the Case Against Paul After five days, the high priest, elders and an orator, or, as Ash says was the case, an attorney, presented themselves before the governor to bring a formal cha...
_From him thou...mayest know. By the construction it is doubtful whether from Lysias, or from St. Paul. (Witham) --- Behold them here ready to support the heads of accusation I have brought forward, a...
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. (2) And when he was called forth, Tertullus be...
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...
− 8._Having made inquiry. _A good − (570) request, that the governor do not give sentence before he thoroughly examine and know the matter; and that he do not condemn Paul before he be lawfully convic...
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...
COMMANDING HIS ACCUSERS TO COME UNTO THEE,.... But this was not done till after Paul had set forth his case before the people, upon the stairs leading to the castle: and after he had pleaded his own c...
Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him. Ver. 8. _By examining of whom_] By this outfacing boldness, a...
_Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious_ Ινα δε μη επι πλειον σε εγκοπτω, _that I may not trouble thee any further_, by trespassing either on thy patience or modesty. The eloquence of Tertullu...
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...
COMMANDING HIS ACCUSERS TO COME TO YOU. BY EXAMINING HIM YOURSELF YOU MAY ASCERTAIN ALL THESE THINGS OF WHICH WE ACCUSE HIM. 1. Now the orator says that Felix can examine him and find that the accusa...
"By examining him yourself concerning all these matters you will be able to ascertain the things of which we accuse him" This may be. hint from Tertullus that Felix needs to torture Paul. "A hint of t...
1-9 See here the unhappiness of great men, and a great unhappiness it is, to have their services praised beyond measure, and never to be faithfully told of their faults; hereby they are hardened and...
BY EXAMINING OF WHOM; not that the Jews would have any witnesses produced, and fairly examined; but the pronoun being singular, it refers to Paul, whom Tertullus would have examined, and put to the qu...
Acts 24:8 commanding G2753 (G5660) his G846 accusers G2725 come G2064 (G5738) to G1909 you G4571 examining...
“From whom you will be able, by examining him yourself, to take knowledge of all these things of which we accuse him.” And Felix will only have to examine him in the right way in order to discover th...
Acts 24:8. BY EXAMINING OF WHOM THYSELF MAYEST TAKE KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THESE THINGS, WHEREOF WE ACCUSE HIM. If the disputed words are left in the text as in our English Version, then ‘of whom' refers of...
FROM WHOM (παρ' ου). Referring to Paul, but in the Textus Receptus referring to Lysias.BY EXAMINING HIM THYSELF (αυτος ανακρινας). Not by torture, since Paul was a Roman citizen, but by hearing w...
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...
FIVE DAYS LATER. Five days after Paul had escaped from Jerusalem. Roman justice moved swiftly. The deep hatred of the Jewish leaders is shown by the fact that the High Priest himself comes, with some...
_And after five days Ananias the high priest descended … with a certain orator named Tertullus._ PAUL BEFORE FELIX--A PICTURE OF BARRISTERIAL DEPRAVITY 1. From his Roman name we judge that Tertullus...
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 24:1. AFTER FIVE DAYS.—Reckoned from Paul’s departure from Jerusalem (Kuinoel, Meyer, De Wette, Hackett, Alford, Plumptre), though some (Holtzmann, Lechler, Zöckler, Olshausen,...
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...
Acts 23:30; Acts 23:35; Acts 25:15; Acts 25:16; Acts 25:5;...
From whom. Paul. It would refer to Lysias if the omitted passage above were retained....