Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Acts 24:13
They could not prove either of those crimes they charged him with, viz.
1. Raising of sedition; or,
2. Profaning of the temple, which they had accused him of.
They could not prove either of those crimes they charged him with, viz.
1. Raising of sedition; or,
2. Profaning of the temple, which they had accused him of.
NEITHER CAN THEY PROVE THE THINGS ... - That is, that I am a mover of sedition, or a disturber of the peace of the people. This appeal he boldly makes; he challenges investigation; and as they did not...
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 ...
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)....
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...
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...
A FLATTERING SPEECH AND A FALSE CHARGE (Acts 24:1-9)...
PROVE. Same as "shew" (Acts 1:3). Here. demon-strate. WHEREOF. concerning (Greek. _peri_. App-104.) which....
_neither can they prove_(_Rev. Ver._, with MS. authority, adds TO THEE) _the things_, &c. The proof must be such as the law required, not the mere multiplied assertions of the accusers. The verb impli...
με after ΠΑΡΑΣΤΗ͂ΣΑΙ omitted with אABEL. _Vulg_. does not represent it. ΣΟΙ after ΔΎΝΑΝΤΑΙ added with אABE. _Vulg_. ‘tibi.’ 13. ΟΥ̓ΔῈ ΠΑΡΑΣΤΗ͂ΣΑΙ ΔΎΝΑΝΤΑΊ ΣΟΙ, _neither can they prove to thee_. The p...
ST PAUL’S ANSWER TO THE CHARGE...
_PAUL DEFENDED HIMSELF BEFORE FELIX ACTS 24:10-18:_ Felix had judged the Jewish nation for many years. He had been governor somewhere between ten and thirteen years. If the charge was true that Paul w...
ΠΑΡΑΣΤΉΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΑΡΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G3936) выдвигать доказательства, доказывать, подтверждать; приводить примеры, подтверждающие речь (LC). ΔΎΝΑΝΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. (dep.), см._ Acts 24:8....
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...
Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. Neither can they prove, [parasteesai (G3936 ) is the true reading: the Stephanic Received Text (but not the Elzevir) adds me (G3165 ), wh...
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)....
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...
KING AGRIPPA AND BERNICE] Agrippa II (Marcus Julius Agrippa) was the son of Agrippa I and Cypros. See art. 'Dynasty of the Herods.' His sister Bernice, with whom at this time he was living on terms of...
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,...
οὔτε : οὐδὲ, R.V. (so Blass, _Gram._, p. 260, Simcox, _Z. N. T._, p. 165); the Apostle after denying the specific charges made against him in Jerusalem, now proceeds further to a general denial of the...
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...
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...
Neither can they (h) prove the things whereof they now accuse me. (h) They cannot lay forth before you and prove with good reasons....
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...
NEITHER CAN THEY PROVE THE THINGS WHEREOF THEY NOW ACCUSE ME. As that he was a pestilent fellow, a mover of sedition, and a profaner of the temple these things they could not set forth in any clear li...
Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. Ver. 13. _Neither can they prove the things_] And if to be barely accused be sufficient to make a man guilty, no man shall be innocent. I...
_Then Paul_ Having heard with patient silence all the false charges preferred against him, after the governor had given him a sign to speak, answered in a speech widely different from that of Tertullu...
NEITHER CAN THEY PROVE THE THINGS WHEREOF THEY NOW ACCUSE ME. Paul's position in this matter was very unpleasant, for he was suddenly, by the beckoning hand of the governor, placed face to face with t...
Paul denies the charges:...
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...
NOR CAN THEY PROVE THE THINGS OF WHICH THEY NOW ACCUSE ME. 1. There is no one who can prove any of the charges. 2. They are empty phrases with no basis in fact....
Acts 24:13-14 "According to the Way which they call. sect. do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets" Here Paul answe...
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...
Acts 24:13 Nor G3777 can G1410 (G5736) prove G3936 (G5658) G3165 things G4012 which G3739 they...
“Nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me.” Nor could his accusers bring any proof that the things which they accused him of were true. It was a case of words without evidence...
PROVE (παραστησα). First aorist active infinitive of παριστημ, to place beside. They have made "charges," mere assertions. They have not backed up these charges with proof, "nor can they," says Pau...
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 24:1 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...
1 Peter 3:16; Acts 25:7...