Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Acts 24:4
Be not further tedious unto thee - By taking up your time with an introduction and with commendation.
Be not further tedious unto thee - By taking up your time with an introduction and with commendation.
Verse Acts 24:4. _THAT I BE NOT FARTHER TEDIOUS UNTO THEE_] That I may neither trespass on thy _time_, by dwelling longer on this subject, nor on thy _modesty_, by thus enumerating thy beneficent deed...
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...
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...
A FLATTERING SPEECH AND A FALSE CHARGE (Acts 24:1-9)...
NOTWITHSTANDING. But. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina_. BE... TEDIOUS UNTO. hinder. Greek. _enkopto._ Occ here, Romans 15:22.Galatians 1:5; Galatians 1:7;...
_be not … tedious_ The notion in the verb is that of stopping a person's way and so hindering him. Tertullus would imply that Felix was so deeply engaged in his public duties that every moment was pre...
Acts 24:1-9. ARRIVAL OF THE ACCUSERS. SPEECH OF TERTULLUS, THEIR ADVOCATE...
ἽΝΑ ΔῈ ΜῊ ἘΠῚ ΠΛΕΙ͂ΌΝ ΣΕ ἘΓΚΌΠΤΩ, _but that I be not further tedious unto thee_. The notion in the verb is that of stopping a person’s way and so hindering him. Tertullus would imply that Felix was so...
_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...
ΠΛΕΊΟΝ _сотр. от_ ΠΟΛΎΣ (G4183) многий; _сотр._ больше, дольше, ΈΓΚΌΠΤΩ (G1465) _praes. conj. act._ "прерывать" "мешать" или, возможно, здесь: "утомлять" "откладывать" (LC; TDNT). _Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443...
NOTWITHSTANDING,— Or, _But._...
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...
Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. Notwithstanding, ('But') that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray...
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)....
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,...
THAT I BE NOT FURTHER TEDIOUS... — Better, _that I may not detain thee too long._ Here again we note the tact of the sycophant. He speaks as if obliged to restrain himself from the further panegyrics...
δέ : _autem_, “innuit plura dici potuisse in laudem Felicis,” Bengel. ἐγκόπτω, _impedire_, as if Felix was so busy in his reforms that Tertullus would not interrupt him, but see critical note, _cf._ R...
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...
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...
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...
NOTWITHSTANDING, THAT I BE NOT FURTHER TEDIOUS UNTO THEE,.... Suggesting, that he could say a great deal more under this head, but, for brevity sake, should omit it; and because he would not tire his...
Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. Ver. 4. _That I be not further tedious unto thee_] Gr. ινα μη επι πλειον...
_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...
NOTWITHSTANDING, THAT I BE NOT FURTHER TEDIOUS UNTO THEE, I PRAY THEE THAT THOU WOULDEST HEAR US OF THY CLEMENCY A FEW WORDS. Paul was now once more in Caesarea, in the very city where the prophet Aga...
PAUL'S TRIAL BEFORE FELIX. The delegation of Jews from Jerusalem:...
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...
NEVERTHELESS, NOT TO BE TEDIOUS TO YOU ANY FURTHER, I BEG YOU TO HEAR, BY YOUR COURTESY, A FEW WORDS FROM US. 5 For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews through...
"But, that. may not weary you any further,. beg you to grant us, by your kindness,. brief hearing" It was customary among professional lawyers of the time to claim that their speech would be very brie...
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...
BE NOT FURTHER TEDIOUS UNTO THEE; hinder thee, or take thee away from other occasions: this is another artifice of an orator, to promise brevity, especially when he speaks to men of employment or busi...
Acts 24:4 Nevertheless G1161 not G3363 G1909 tedious G1465 (G5725) you G4571 further G4119 beg G3870 ...
“But, that I be not further tedious to you, I entreat you to hear us of your clemency a few words.” He then assures Felix that his case will not take too long (we probably only have the gist of it) f...
Acts 24:4. NOTWITHSTANDING, THAT I BE NOT FURTHER TEDIOUS UNTO THEE. It were as though the advocate saw signs of impatience in the unrighteous judge before him. Felix, who was with all his faults an a...
THAT I BE NOT FURTHER TEDIOUS UNTO THEE (ινα μη επ πλειον σε ενκοπτω). _Koine_ verb (Hippocrates, Polybius) to cut in on (or into), to cut off, to impede, to hinder. Our modern telephone and radio i...
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...
Hebrews 11:32...
Be tedious [ε γ κ ο π τ ω]. See on hindered, 1 Peter 3:7. The meaning is, rather, " that I may not further hinder thee, or detain thee. Clemency [ε π ι ε ι κ ε ι α] See on gentle, 1 Peter 2:18. A fe...
But that I may not trouble thee any farther — By trespassing either on thy patience or modesty. The eloquence of Tertullus was as bad as his cause: a lame introduction, a lame transition, and a lame c...