πλειόνων (G4183) gen. pl. сотр.; здесь έλεημοσύνας acc. pl. от έλεημοσύνη (G1654) — добрые дела, милостыня, добровольные пожертвования (BAGD; GELTS, 144).
ποιήσων fut. act. part., см. Acts 24:12. Fut. part. выражает цель,
παρεγενόμην aor. ind. med. (dep.) от παραγίνομαι (G3854) приходить, прибывать,
προσφορά (G4376) подношение.
Verse Acts 24:17. _NOW, AFTER MANY YEARS_, c.] And as a full proof that I act according to the dictates of this Divine and beneficent creed, though I have been many years absent from my own country,...
NOW AFTER MANY YEARS - After many years’ absence. Paul here commences a reply to the charge of Tentullus, that he had endeavored to profane the temple, Acts 24:6. He begins by saying that his design i...
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...
A FLATTERING SPEECH AND A FALSE CHARGE (Acts 24:1-9)...
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...
MANY. Literally more. It was about five years since his previous visit. See App-180. ALMS. See note on Acts 3:2. OFFERINGS. Greek. _prosphora._ See note on Acts 21:26....
_Now after many years_ He had come to Jerusalem on the return from his second missionary journey in a.d. 53. It was now a.d. 58, so that his absence had lasted four or five years (see note on Acts 24:...
ΔΙ' ἘΝΩ͂Ν ΔῈ ΠΛΕΙΌΝΩΝ, _now after many years_. St Paul had come to Jerusalem on the return from his second missionary journey in A.D. 53. It was now A.D. 58, so that his absence had lasted four or fiv...
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...
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...
Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings. Now after many ('several') years - years' absence from Jerusalem. I came to bring alms to my nation - referring to the collecti...
17 To a man like Felix the accusation that Paul belonged to the sect of the Nazarenes would have little in it to incriminate him. And Paul, with marvelous wisdom, answers all that might be said agains...
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...
MANY YEARS] or, 'some years.'...
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,...
NOW AFTER MANY YEARS. — Four years had passed since the previous visit of Acts 18:22. The use of “many” in this instance may be noted as throwing light on Acts 24:10. TO BRING ALMS TO MY NATION, AND O...
πλειόνων : “many,” R.V., but margin, “some,” so Rendall: if Acts 18:22 refers to a visit to Jerusalem (see note) at the close of the Apostle's second missionary journey, the number expressed by πλειόν...
A TREMBLING BUT VENAL JUDGE Acts 24:17 The case had broken down. Paul's statement of faith and the absence of confirmatory evidence directly contradicted the only charge against him. Felix dared not...
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...
(4) Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings. (4) Paul in conclusion tells the things thing which was truly done, which Tertullus before him had corrupted in various ways...
Paul proceeds simply to tell Felix about his arrival at Jerusalem only twelve days ago on the philanthropic errand of bringing the benefactions of the Gentile churches to the poor saints at Jerusalem,...
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...
− 17._And after many years. _His meaning is, that he had not of long time been at Jerusalem, but was conversant in other countries far distant, and that after long time he came now to bring alms, and...
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...
NOW AFTER MANY YEARS,.... Absence from Jerusalem; it was now about five and twenty years since his conversion, and most of this time he spent among the Gentiles; three years after it he went up to Jer...
Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings. Ver. 17. _To bring alms to my nation_] And therefore should have been better welcomed; a present makes room for a man,Proverbs 1...
_Now after many years_, &c. They have represented me as a profane and lawless person, as if I had thrown contempt upon religion, and done them a great deal of wrong; but so far have I been from doing...
The conclusion of Paul's defense:...
NOW AFTER MANY YEARS I CAME TO BRING ALMS TO MY NATION AND OFFERINGS....
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...
NOW AFTER MANY YEARS I CAME TO BRING ALMS AND OFFERINGS TO MY NATION. 1. After an absence of several years (on his third missionary journey) Paul has some "catching up" to do. 2. He came to bring of...
"Now after several years" Paul could not be stirring up trouble in Jerusalem, he had only been there for. little over. week and this visit came after years of being absent from Jerusalem. Five years h...
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...
AFTER MANY YEARS; it is thought fourteen years, which we find mentioned, GALATIANS 2:1; and therefore the more unlike to have any seditious practices there, where he had so little acquaintance. I CAME...
Acts 24:17 Now G1161 after G1223 many G4119 years G2094 came G3854 (G5633) bring G4160 (G5694) alms...
“Now after some years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings, among which they found me purified in the temple, with no crowd, nor yet with tumult.” And what had brought him to Jerusalem? Wh...
Acts 24:17. NOW AFTER MANY YEARS I CAME TO BRING ALMS TO MY NATION, AND OFFERINGS. The Greek word πλειο ́ νων, translated ‘many,' rather signifies ‘several.' Some four years had elapsed since the apos...
AFTER MANY YEARS (δι' ετων πλειονων). "At an interval (δια) of more (πλειονων) years" (than a few, one must add), not "after many years." If, as is likely Paul went up to Jerusalem in Acts 18:22, t...
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 Corinthians 16:1; 1 Corinthians 16:2; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Acts 11:29;...
The apostle had vindicated himself from the charge and imputation of sedition and heresy before: he comes now to clear himself of the third charge, namely, the profanation of the temple; in order wher...