Acts 24:8 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 24:8

By examining him yourself, you will be able to learn the truth about all our charges against him.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

Bede

Commentary on Acts (735)

Whom 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. …

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
παρ᾽	par᾽	From	G3844 →
οὗ	hou	him	G3739 →
δυνήσῃ	dunēsē	you will be able	G1410 →
αὐτὸς	autos	yourself	G846 →
ἀνακρίνας	anakrinas	having examined [him]	G350 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
πάντων	pantōn	all	G3956 →
τούτων	toutōn	these things	G3778 →
ἐπιγνῶναι	epignōnai	to know	G1921 →
ὧν	hōn	of which	G3739 →
ἡμεῖς	hēmeis	we ourselves	G3165 →
κατηγοροῦμεν	katēgoroumen	accuse	G2723 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	him.	G846 →

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
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.
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 independent 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 independent 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.
Through
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.
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.”

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About Acts