Acts 24:8
in Acts 24By examining him yourself, you will be able to learn the truth about all our charges against him.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
from whom thou wilt be able, by examining him thyself, to take knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him.
KJV
Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
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This verse in Acts 24
Commentary
8 notes on this verseWhom we also apprehended. From whom you will be able, by judging all these things, to know. In this place, some of our Codices have several verses which read in Greek as follows: Whom we also apprehended, and according to our law wished to judge. …
This site's exposition
the chief captain Lysias came upon us
on Acts 24:7-9
The received text behind the King James Version adds a verse 7 here, saying that Lysias took Paul from the Jews by force. The oldest surviving manuscripts lack it, and modern critical editions print it only in a footnote, as with 8:37.
This site's exposition
By examining him yourself
Tertullus closes by inviting Felix to test the charges himself. Barnes observes that Luke gives only an outline, since a hired Roman orator would hardly have spoken so briefly on such an occasion.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
By examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, where of we accuse him. And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. See, as witnesses also of the things spoken, the accusers, the same persons themselves both witnesses and accusers.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Commanding his accusers to come unto thee,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
a pestilent fellow--a plague, or pest. and a mover of sedition among all the Jews--by exciting disturbances among them. throughout the world--(See on Lu 2:1). This was the first charge; and true only in the sense explained on Ac 16:20. a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes--the second charge; and true enough.
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Commanding his accusers to come, etc. - Here Tertullus closes his opening and statement of the case; and now he proceeds to call and examine his witnesses; and they were no doubt examined one by one, though St. Luke sums the whole up in one word - The Jews also assented, saying, that these things were so. Whoever considers the plan of Tertullus’s speech, will perceive that it was both judicious and artful. Let us take a view of the whole: - 1. He praises Felix to conciliate his favor. 2. He generally states the great blessings of his administration.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Commanding his accusers ... - Act 23:30. By examining of whom - That is, the Jews who were then present. Tertullus offered them as his witnesses of the truth of what he had said. It is evident that we have here only the summary or outline of the speech which he made It is incredible that a Roman rhetorician would have on such an occasion delivered an address so brief, so meagre, and so destitute of display as this. But it is doubtless a correct summary of his address, and contains the leading points of the accusation. It is customary for the sacred writers, as for other writers, to give only the outline of discourses and arguments. Such a course was inevitable, unless the New Testament had been swelled to wholly undue proportions.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| παρ᾽ | par᾽ | From | G3844 → | 192 times |
| οὗ | hou | him | G3739 → | 1405 times |
| δυνήσῃ | dunese | you will be able | G1410 → | 207 times |
| αὐτὸς | autos | yourself | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ἀνακρίνας | anakrinas | having examined [him] | G350 → | 16 times |
| περὶ | peri | concerning | G4012 → | 332 times |
| πάντων | panton | all | G3956 → | 1235 times |
| τούτων | touton | these things | G3778 → | 1381 times |
| ἐπιγνῶναι | epignonai | to know | G1921 → | 44 times |
| ὧν | hon | of which | G3739 → | 1405 times |
| ἡμεῖς | hemeis | we ourselves | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| κατηγοροῦμεν | kategoroumen | accuse | G2723 → | 22 times |
| αὐτοῦ. | autou | him. | G846 → | 5565 times |
παρ᾽From
par᾽G3844 →192 times
οὗhim
houG3739 →1405 times
δυνήσῃyou will be able
duneseG1410 →207 times
αὐτὸςyourself
autosG846 →5565 times
ἀνακρίναςhaving examined [him]
anakrinasG350 →16 times
περὶconcerning
periG4012 →332 times
πάντωνall
pantonG3956 →1235 times
τούτωνthese things
toutonG3778 →1381 times
ἐπιγνῶναιto know
epignonaiG1921 →44 times
ὧνof which
honG3739 →1405 times
ἡμεῖςwe ourselves
hemeisG3165 →1936 times
κατηγοροῦμενaccuse
kategoroumenG2723 →22 times
αὐτοῦ.him.
autouG846 →5565 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 23:35he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
it leads to
- Acts 25:16
I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Acts 23:30
When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 27:27
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.
- Acts 24:10
When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.
- Acts 25:16
Through
Acts 23:30When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.
it leads to
- Acts 24:6–8
and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.
- Acts 23:35
he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
- Acts 24:19
who ought to appear before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.
- Acts 25:5–6
So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”
- Acts 24:6–8
Where this verse is studied
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About Acts
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Acts; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 50 and John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748).