Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 24:15
Both of the just and of the unjust — In a public court this was peculiarly proper to be observed.
Both of the just and of the unjust — In a public court this was peculiarly proper to be observed.
Verse Acts 24:15. _AND HAVE HOPE TOWARD GOD_, c.] I not only do not hold any thing by which the general creed of this people might be altered, in reference to the _present state_ but, also, I hold not...
AND HAVE HOPE TOWARD GOD - Having a hope of the resurrection of the dead, which arises from the promises of God. WHICH THEY THEMSELVES ... - That is, the Pharisees. Perhaps he designated in this remar...
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)....
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)...
AND HAVE. Having. TOWARD. Greek. _eis_. App-104. ALLOW. look for. Greek. _prosdechomai._ See note on Acts 23:21. RESURRECTION. Greek. _anastasis._ App-178. OF THE DEAD. App-139., but the texts omi...
_and have_(_R. V._having) _hope … which they themselves also allow (R. V._look for). Here the Apostle is of course alluding only to the Pharisees among his own people, but he puts them as representati...
ST PAUL’S ANSWER TO THE CHARGE...
νεκρῶν omitted with אABC. Not represented in _Vulg_. 15. ἘΛΠΊΔΑ ἜΧΕΝ, _having hope_. The way in which this hope is described, ἀνάστασιν μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι, explains the expression in Acts 23:6 περὶ ἐλπί...
_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...
ΈΛΠΊΣ (G1680) надежда (_см._ Klaus Haacker, "Das Bekenntnis des Paulus zur Hoff nung Israels nach der Apostelgeschichte des Lukas" NTS 31 [1985]: 437-51). ΈΧΩΝ _praes. act. part. (сопутств.)_, _см._...
DISCOURSE: 1807 PAUL’S VINDICATION OF HIMSELF BEFORE FELIX Acts 24:14. _But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all thin...
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...
_ _ And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allo...
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...
ALLOW] rather, 'look for.'...
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,...
WHICH THEY THEMSELVES ALSO ALLOW... — We have the same tact, perhaps also the same sympathy, as in Acts 23:6. He identifies himself, on this point, not only with the Pharisees but with the great bulk...
ἐλπίδα ἔχων, _cf._ Acts 23:6 : St. Paul speaks of the hope as a present possession, “ _habens_ id plus quam προσδ. _expectant_,” Bengel; in LXX very frequent with ἐπί, but for εἰς _cf._ Isaiah 51:5, P...
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...
_“Having hope toward God, which they themselves accept, that there shall be a resurrection both of the just and the unjust.”_ Here we see the word heresy again occurring, which means separation, and i...
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...
_RESURRECTION TO LIFE AND TO JUDGMENT_ ‘There shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.’ Acts 24:15 These words spoken by St. Paul in presence of Felix, who probably noted r...
− 15._Hoping in God. _We must note the course of his speech. For after that he hath professed that he believeth the Scripture, he doth now add the hope of the resurrection to come, that it may appear...
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...
AND HAVE HOPE TOWARDS GOD,.... Of an interest in him, and of enjoying eternal life and happiness with him in a future state: WHICH THEY THEMSELVES ALSO ALLOW; that is, some of the Jews, not the Saddu...
And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. Ver. 15. _And have hope toward God, which themselves also allo...
_But_ As to what they have alleged against me with regard to the _Nazarenes; this I confess unto thee_ And am not ashamed publicly to avow it in the presence of the greatest personages upon earth; _th...
HAVE HOPE; of a resurrection. An abiding conviction of the certainty of a resurrection, and of a future retribution according to the deeds done in the body, tends powerfully to keep the conscience awa...
The charge of being a Nazarene:...
AND HAVE HOPE TOWARD GOD, WHICH THEY THEMSELVES ALSO ALLOW, THAT THERE SHALL BE A RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD, BOTH OF THE JUST AND UNJUST....
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...
I HAVE HOPE IN GOD, WHICH THEY THEMSELVES ALSO ACCEPT, THAT THERE WILL BE A RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD, BOTH THE JUST AND THE UNJUST. 1. Paul now affirms his hope. He states that those who accuse him b...
"Having hope in God, which these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be. resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked" Remember, Ananias (a Sadducee) had come down to Caesarea (Act...
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...
WHICH THEY THEMSELVES ALSO ALLOW; the wiser sort amongst them, the Pharisees, (though bad was the best), and yet they were not for this opinion persecuted by the Sadducees. A RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD;...
Lactantius Divine Institutes Book II And the force of this is not that it altogether annihilates[179] Lactantius Divine Institutes Book VII For they who have not known God, since sentence cannot be...
Acts 24:15 have G2192 (G5723) hope G1680 in G1519 God G2316 which G3739 they G3778 themselves G846 also...
“But this I confess to you, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets, ha...
Acts 24:15. AND HAVE HOPE TOWARD GOD, WHICH THEY THEMSELVES ALSO ALLOW, THAT THERE SHALL BE A RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD, BOTH OF THE JUST AND OF THE UNJUST. That is to say, his belief in the Law and th...
THAT THERE SHALL BE A RESURRECTION (αναστασιν μελλειν εσεσθα). Indirect assertion with infinitive and accusative of general reference (αναστασιν) after the word ελπιδα (hope). The future infinitive...
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...
_But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers._ WHAT IS HERESY I. Here is the case of men holding high office in the Church of God, yet...
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 Corinthians 15:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:14; Acts 23:6; Acts 24:21;...
Allow [π ρ ο σ δ ε χ ο ν τ α ι]. Or, as Rev., look for. The word admits of either sense....
Our apostle had made. free and open profession of his religion in the foregoing verse, AFTER THE WAY CALLED HERESY DO. WORSHIP THE GOD OF MY FATHERS. Here at the 15th verse he asserts the doctrine of...