Acts 24:11
in Acts 24You can verify for yourself that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
seeing that thou canst take knowledge that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem:
KJV
Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
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This verse in Acts 24
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Because that thou mayest understand - Greek: “Thou being able to know.” That is, he could understand or know by taking the proper evidence. Paul does not mean to say that Felix could understand the case because he had been many years a judge of that nation. That fact would qualify him to judge correctly, or to understand the customs of the Jews. But the fact that he himself had been but twelve days in Jerusalem, and had been orderly and peaceable there, Felix could ascertain only by the proper testimony.
This site's exposition
you have been a judge
on Acts 24:10-11
Paul opens with courtesy before a man who has been a judge over this nation for many years. His first point is narrow and open to checking, that no more than twelve days ago he went up to Jerusalem to worship.
This site's exposition
no more than twelve days ago
Henry counts the twelve days as the seven of Paul's purification and the five since, which Jamieson, Fausset and Brown tie to verse 1. Barnes notes that Felix could check this by witnesses.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. And what is this? It means, that I could not immediately have raised a commotion. Because the accuser had nothing to show as done in Jerusalem, observe what he said: among all the Jews throughout the world. Therefore it is that Paul here forcibly attracts him - to worship, he says, I came up, so far am I from raising sedition - and lays a stress upon this point of justice being the strong point.
The Medieval Church1 voice
So far, says Paul, am I from stirring up disturbances, that I came to Jerusalem to worship. He dwells on this point because it presented a strong proof of his innocence.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
) that it was but twelve days since he came up to Jerusalem, and he had spent seven in his purifying the temple, so that these five must be reckoned from the last of those.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The remaining period referred to (Ac 24:1) [MEYER]. This short period is mentioned to show how unlikely it was that he should have had time to do what was charged against him. for to worship--a very different purpose from that imputed to him.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
There are yet but twelve days - This is his reply to their charge of sedition; the improbability of which is shown from the short time he had spent in Jerusalem, quite insufficient to organize a sedition of any kind; nor could a single proof be furnished that he had attempted to seduce any man, or unhinge any person from his allegiance by subtle disputations, either in the temple, the synagogues, or the city. So that this charge necessarily fell to the ground, self-confuted, unless they could bring substantial proof against him, which he challenges them to do.
The words behind it
16 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| δυναμένου | dunamenou | Being able | G1410 → | 207 times |
| σου | sou | you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| ἐπιγνῶναι | epignonai | to know | G1921 → | 44 times |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 → | 1292 times |
| οὐ | ou | not | G3756 → | 1664 times |
| πλείους | pleious | more | G4183 → | 367 times |
| εἰσίν | eisin | there are | G1510 → | 2333 times |
| μοι | moi | to me | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| ἡμέραι | hemerai | days | G2250 → | 389 times |
| δώδεκα | dodeka | twelve | G1427 → | 75 times |
| ἀφ᾽ | aph᾽ | from | G575 → | 640 times |
| ἧς | hes | which | G3739 → | 1405 times |
| ἀνέβην | aneben | I went up | G305 → | 82 times |
| προσκυνήσων | proskuneson | to then worship | G4352 → | 60 times |
| εἰς | eis | in | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| Ἰερουσαλήμ· | ierousalem | Jerusalem; | G2419 → | 76 times |
δυναμένουBeing able
dunamenouG1410 →207 times
σουyou
souG4771 →2973 times
ἐπιγνῶναιto know
epignonaiG1921 →44 times
ὅτιthat
hotiG3754 →1292 times
οὐnot
ouG3756 →1664 times
πλείουςmore
pleiousG4183 →367 times
εἰσίνthere are
eisinG1510 →2333 times
μοιto me
moiG3165 →1936 times
ἡμέραιdays
hemeraiG2250 →389 times
δώδεκαtwelve
dodekaG1427 →75 times
ἀφ᾽from
aph᾽G575 →640 times
ἧςwhich
hesG3739 →1405 times
ἀνέβηνI went up
anebenG305 →82 times
προσκυνήσωνto then worship
proskunesonG4352 →60 times
εἰςin
eisG1519 →1755 times
Ἰερουσαλήμ·Jerusalem;
ierousalemG2419 →76 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 23:11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
it leads to
- Acts 18:9
One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
- 2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of…
- Matthew 14:27
But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
- Acts 19:21
After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as…
- Jeremiah 15:19–21
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be…
- Acts 18:9
Through
Acts 21:18The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.
it leads to
- Galatians 1:19
But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
- Acts 15:13
When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me!
- Galatians 1:19
Through
Acts 24:1Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
it leads to
- Acts 23:2
At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
- Acts 23:2
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This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); J. A. Alexander, The Acts of the Apostles Explained; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 50; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.