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Acts 24:21

Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.

Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day. This would recall to the Pharisees present their own inconsistency in befriending him then, and now accusing him.

Decision Deferred, and Paul Kept Prisoner, though not a Close One (24:22-23)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 24:21. _EXCEPT IT BE FOR THIS ONE VOICE_] The Sadducees who belong to that council, and who deny the resurrection of the dead, may indeed blame me for professing my faith in this doctrine;...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    EXCEPT IT BE FOR THIS ONE VOICE - For this one expression or declaration. This was what Paul had said before the council - the main thing on which he had insisted, and he calls on them to testify to t...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ACTS 24:22 F. FELIX ADJOURNS THE CASE. The clause having more exact knowledge concerning the Way may be due to the editor, who tends to exhibit Roman officials as favourable to the cause (Preuschen)....

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PAUL'S SPEECH. Paul does not speak till the procurator invites him to do so, according to the necessary order of all judicial proceedings. His speech is not quite so fine as that of Tertullus, yet whi...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    A FLATTERING SPEECH AND A FALSE CHARGE (Acts 24:1-9)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    When the governor had given him the sign to speak, Paul answered, "In the knowledge that you for many years have been a judge of this people, I confidently offer my defence of my case, for you can asc...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    VOICE. utterance. Greek. _phone._ AMONG. Greek. _en_. App-104. TOUCHING. Concerning. Greek. _peri_. App-104. CALLED IN QUESTION. judged. Greek. _krino._ App-122....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _except it be for this one voice_ i.e. this exclamation or cry. From Acts 23:6 we see that St Paul lifted up his voice, when he mentioned the resurrection. _I am called in question by_(_R. V._with MS...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ST PAUL’S ANSWER TO THE CHARGE...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Ἢ ΠΕΡῚ ΜΙΑ͂Σ ΤΑΎΤΗΣ ΦΩΝΗ͂Σ, _except it be for this one voice_, i.e. this exclamation or cry. From Acts 23:6 we can see that St Paul raised his voice when he mentioned the resurrection. ἤ = other than...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _PAUL DEFENSE BEFORE FELIX CONTINUED ACTS 24:19-23:_ Paul said the Jews from Asia were the only ones that saw him in the Temple. If they had anything to say against him he felt that they should be pre...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    Ή (G2228) чем, что еще, кроме (RWP). ΗΣ _gen. sing._ rel. _pron. от_ ΔΣ (G3739), _gen._ по аттракции вместо _acc._ в роли dir. _obj._ ΈΚΈΚΡΑΞΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΡΆΖΩ (G2896) выкрикивать, ΈΣΤΏΣPER...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Combined Bible Commentary

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ST. PAUL BEFORE FELIX 1-27. St Paul and Felix. 1. Tertullus] in spite of his Roman name may have been a Greek or even a Jew (cp.'our Law,' AV Acts 24:6)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A TREMBLING BUT VENAL JUDGE Acts 24:17 The case had broken down. Paul's statement of faith and the absence of confirmatory evidence directly contradicted the only charge against him. Felix dared not...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Paul's Defense Before Felix Once the governor nodded to him, Paul began his defense. He expressed pleasure at getting to state his case before one who had years of experience in judging on matters inv...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Paul appears before the governors in succession the Sanhedrim, Felix, Festus, Agrippa, and afterwards Caesar. And here, when occasion offers, we have striking appeals to conscience; when his defence i...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    EXCEPT IT BE FOR THIS ONE VOICE,.... Sentence or expression following, which declares his faith about the resurrection; not that he thought or owned that this was an evil in him, but that it was the o...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    EXCEPT IT BE FOR THIS ONE VOICE, THAT I CRIED STANDING AMONG THEM, TOUCHING THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD I AM CALLED IN QUESTION BY YOU THIS DAY....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The conclusion of Paul's defense:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

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  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "Other than for this one statement which. shouted out while standing among them, 'For the resurrection of the dead. am on trial before you today'" Once more the Holy Spirit cleverly pricks the conscie...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 24:21 unless G2228 for G4012 this G5026 one G3391 statement G5456 which G3739 out G2896 (G5656) standing...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Acts 24:21. EXCEPT IT BE FOR THIS ONE VOICE, THAT I CRIED STANDING AMONG THEM, TOUCHING THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD I AM CALLED IN QUESTION BY YOU THIS DAY. Paul well knew that many in the Sanhedrim,...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    EXCEPT IT BE (ε). Literally, "than," but after interrogative τ = τ αλλο "what else than."FOR THIS ONE VOICE (περ μιας ταυτης φωνης). The normal Greek idiom with the attributive use of ουτος calls...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Paul accused before Felix, and his defense. CHARACTERS: Ananias, elders, Tertullus, Felix, Paul, Lysias, Drusilla, Festus. CONCLUSION: Every false cause can find men of sharp wits to plead...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

    PAUL SAID. Roman law condemned no one without allowing them to speak in their own defence. I KNOW THAT YOU. The frequent turnover of Roman Governors makes Paul's statement accurate. Felix had been gov...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered._ PAUL’S DEFENCE BEFORE FELIX Note-- I. The Christianity of old Judaism. The apostle-- 1. Worshipped the Jews’ God. “So...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 24:20 WHEN I STOOD BEFORE THE COUNCIL. Ananias and the elders were members of the Sanhedrin. Thus they could testify to Paul’s earlier hearing before them (Acts

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 24:10. MANY YEARS meant about six or seven, since Felix became procurator about A.D. 52 or 53 (Jos., _Ant._, XX. Acts 7:1). Before his elevation to the procuratorship of Judæa...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 23:6; Acts 26:6; Acts 28:20; Acts 4:2...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Unless they think me blamable for this one word — Which nevertheless was the real truth. Acts 23:6....

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