Acts 24:9
in Acts 24The Jews concurred, asserting that these charges were true.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that these things were so.
KJV
And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
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This verse in Acts 24
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd the Jews also assented,.... That is, Ananias the high priest, and the elders that were with him, agreed to what Tertullus said, and confirmed the same. Saying, that these things were so; that Paul was such a person, and was guilty of the crimes he had set forth; and that the chief captain had taken the steps, and done the things he had related.
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
The Jews concurred
John Gill identifies the Jews who concurred as the high priest Ananias and the elders who had come down with him. John Chrysostom notes that the same men served as both accusers and witnesses, and Luke names no other witness.
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
10 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: 11 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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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And the Jews also assented - The Jews who had accompanied Tertullus to Caesarea. They had gone as the accusers of Paul, and they bore testimony, when called upon, to the truth of all that the orator had said. Whether they were examined individually or not is not declared. In whatever way their testimony was arrived at, they confirmed unanimously the accusation which he had brought against Paul.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| συνεπέθεντο | sunepethento | Agreed | ||
| δὲ | de | then | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| καὶ | kai | also | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| οἱ | hoi | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| Ἰουδαῖοι | ioudaioi | Jews | G2453 → | 192 times |
| φάσκοντες | phaskontes | declaring | G5335 → | |
| ταῦτα | tauta | these things | G3778 → | 1381 times |
| οὕτως | houtos | so | G3779 → | 208 times |
| ἔχειν.¶ | echein | to be. | G2192 → | 707 times |
συνεπέθεντοAgreed
sunepethento
δὲthen
deG1161 →2765 times
καὶalso
kaiG2532 →9120 times
οἱthe
hoiG3588 →19766 times
ἸουδαῖοιJews
ioudaioiG2453 →192 times
φάσκοντεςdeclaring
phaskontesG5335 →
ταῦταthese things
tautaG3778 →1381 times
οὕτωςso
houtosG3779 →208 times
ἔχειν.¶to be.
echeinG2192 →707 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
1 Thessalonians 2:16hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
it leads to
- Acts 17:13
But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
- Acts 14:19
Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
- Acts 14:5
But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,
- Malachi 4:1
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of…
- Mark 16:16
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
- Acts 17:13
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); John Calvin, Commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 50; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.