Manly Luscombe Commentary on NT
Acts 24:9
And the Jews also assented, maintaining that these words were so.
1. All those who came along with their orator, agreed with his statement.
2. They are, of course, a party to all the lies.
And the Jews also assented, maintaining that these words were so.
1. All those who came along with their orator, agreed with his statement.
2. They are, of course, a party to all the lies.
AND THE JEWS ALSO ASSENTED - The Jews who had accompanied Tertullus to Caesarea. They had gone as the accusers of Paul, and they bore testimony, when called upon, to the truth of all that the orator h...
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...
ASSENTED. agreed. Greek. _suntithemi._ See note on Acts 23:20. SAYING. affirming. Greek. _phasko._ Only here; Acts 25:13.Romans 1:22.Rev
_And the Jews also assented_ [_Rev. Ver._joined in the charge.] The verb implies much more than assent. They made common cause with their representative, and by their own language reiterated the accus...
ΣΥΝΕΠΈΘΕΝΤΟ ΔῈ ΚΑῚ ΟἹ ἸΟΥΔΑΙ͂ΟΙ, _and the Jews also joined in the charge_, i.e. by language of their own reiterated the accusation. For the verb used of an attack made in common, cf. LXX. Psalms 3:6,...
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...
ΣΥΝΕΠΈΘΕΝΤΟ _aor. ind. med. от_ ΣΥΝΕΠΙΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G1934) присоединяться к атаке, атаковать вместе, ΦΆΣΚΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΦΆΣΚΩ (G5335) говорить, настаивать. Этот гл. часто используется в _знач...
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...
_ _ And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. No JFB commentary on this verse....
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)....
ASSENTED] RV 'joined in the charge.' Provincial governors were generally anxious to be on good terms with their subjects, because, when their term of office was over, the provincials had the right to...
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,...
συνέθεντο : in R.V. συνεπεο., “joined in the charge,” _cf._ Acts 18:10, so in classical Greek; in LXX (Deuteronomy 32:27), Psalms 3:6 [380] S, Zach. Acts 1:15
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 the Jews also (f) assented, saying that these things were so. (f) Confirmed what Tertullus said....
Felix, a shrewd lawyer and statesman, seeing the utter futility of all their charges, not so much as the semblance of criminality in Roman law, now beckons to Paul to speak, who very courteously addre...
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...
AND THE JEWS ALSO ASSENTED,.... That is, Ananias the high priest, and the elders that were with him, agreed to what Tertullus said, and confirmed the same. SAYING, THAT THESE THINGS WERE SO; that Pau...
And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. Ver. 9. _And the Jews assented_] With what face could they do it, but that their faces were hatched with impudence; and they had taken an...
_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 charges against Paul:...
AND THE JEWS ALSO ASSENTED, SAYING THAT THESE THINGS WERE SO. After the rhetorical promise of the introduction, the statement of the charges against Paul is all the weaker by contrast. Tertullus decla...
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...
"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...
The high priest, and the rest of the senate that came with him, acknowledged (as the manner was) that Tertullus had spoken their sense, and what they had to say; and some think that this their assent...
Acts 24:9 And G1161 Jews G2453 also G2532 assented G4934 (G5639) maintaining G5335 (G5723) things G5023
‘And the Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that these things were so.' Then the words of Tertullus were backed up by ‘the Jews', that is the Jewish party who had come with him. They too assur...
Acts 24:9. AND THE JEWS ALSO ASSENTED, SAYING THAT THESE THINGS WERE SO. The rendering of the better authenticated reading, συνεπε ́ θεντο instead of συνε ́ θεντο, would be: ‘And the Jews also _assail...
JOINED IN THE CHARGE (συνεπεθεντο). Second aorist middle indicative of συνεπιτιθημ, old verb, double compound, to place upon (επ) together with (συν), to make a joint attack, here only in the N.T.A...
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 6:11; Ezekiel 22:27; Isaiah 59:4; Jeremiah 9:3; John 8:44;...
Assented [σ υ ν ε θ ε ν τ ο]. But the best texts read sunepeqento, jointly set upon or assailed. So Rev., joined in the charge....