Acts 24:14 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 24:14

I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,

BSB

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ASV

But this I confess unto thee, 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;

KJV

But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

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Commentary

4 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts (1107)

"I truly serve the God of my fathers, believing." When, after being called to be Christ's apostle, Paul says that he serves the God of his fathers, he shows by this that the God of the Old and New Testaments is One and the Same.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

After the way which they call heresy - This appellation St. Paul corrects. Not that it was then an odious word; but it was not honourable enough. A party or sect (so that word signifies) is formed by men.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

If so, they might justly call his way heresy, a drawing of them aside into a by-path, and a dangerous one; but he worships the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, not only the God whom they worshipped, but the God who took them into covenant with himself, and was and would be called their God. Paul adheres to that covenant, and sets up no other in opposition to it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

That after the way which they call heresy - See the explanation of this word in the note on Act 5:17 (note), and see before, Act 24:5 (note), where what is here translated heresy, is there rendered sect. At this time the word had no bad acceptation, in reference to religious opinions. The Pharisees themselves, the most respectable body among the Jews, are called a sect; for Paul, defending himself before Agrippa, says that he lived a Pharisee according to the strictest αἱρεσιν, sect, or heresy of their religion.

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁμολογῶ	homologō	I confess	G3670 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
τοῦτό	touto	this	G3778 →
σοι	soi	to you	G4771 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
κατὰ	kata	according to	G2596 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ὁδὸν	hodon	Way	G3598 →
ἣν	hēn	which	G3739 →
λέγουσιν	legousin	they name	G3004 →
αἵρεσιν	airesin	a sect	G139 →
οὕτως	houtōs	so	G3779 →
λατρεύω	latreuō	I serve	G3000 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
πατρῴῳ	patrōō	ancestral	G3971 →
θεῷ	theō	God	G2316 →
πιστεύων	pisteuōn	believing	G4100 →
πᾶσιν	pasin	in all [things]	G3956 →
τοῖς	tois	<the>	G3588 →
κατὰ	kata	throughout	G2596 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
νόμον	nomon	law	G3551 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τοῖς	tois	that	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τοῖς	tois	the	G3588 →
προφήταις	prophētais	Prophets	G4396 →
γεγραμμένοις,	gegrammenois	written,	G1125 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 3:21
But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.
leads to
- Acts 10:43
  All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”
- Jeremiah 33:16
  In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- Philippians 3:9
  and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
- Jeremiah 23:5–6
  Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Isaiah 51:8
  For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
Through
Acts 9:2
and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
leads to
- Acts 19:9
  But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
- Acts 19:23
  About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
Through
Acts 24:5
We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
leads to
- Acts 28:22
  But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Acts