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Acts 24:12
And they neither found me in the Temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city;
And they neither found me in the Temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city;
AND THEY NEITHER FOUND ME ... - The first charge of Tertullus against Paul was Acts 24:5 that he was “a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition.” The charge of his being a Test was so general that P...
CHAPTER 23 _ 1. Paul before the Sanhedrin (Acts 23:1)._ 2. The vision of the Lord (Acts 23:11). 3. The Conspiracy against Paul (Acts 23:12). 4. Paul taken to Caesarea ...
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)....
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...
A FLATTERING SPEECH AND A FALSE CHARGE (Acts 24:1-9)...
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...
NEITHER. Greek. _oute._ IN, IN. Greek. _en_. App-104. DISPUTING. Greek. _dialegomai._ See note. Acts 17:2. ANY MAN. any one. Greek. _tis_. App-123. NEITHER. or. RAISING UP THE PEOPLE. making up. s...
_And they neither found me_, &c. The Apostle gives a flat denial to the charge of insurrection, and challenges them to prove any single point of it. He had not even entered into discussion with any ma...
ΚΑῚ ΟΥ̓́ΤΕ ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ἹΕΡΩ͂Ι Κ.Τ.Λ., _and they neither found me in the Temple disputing_, &c. The Apostle gives a flat denial to the charge of insurrection, and challenges them to prove any single point...
ST PAUL’S ANSWER TO THE CHARGE...
_PAUL DEFENDED HIMSELF BEFORE FELIX ACTS 24:10-18:_ Felix had judged the Jewish nation for many years. He had been governor somewhere between ten and thirteen years. If the charge was true that Paul w...
ΕΎΡΟΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 24:5. ΔΙΑΛΕΓΌΜΕΝΟΝ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (adj.) от_ ΔΙΑΛΈΓΟΜΑΙ (G1256) обсуждать, учить, спорить (_см._ Acts 17:2). ΈΠΊΣΤΑΣΙΣ (G1989) нападение, возмущение (BAGD...
b. Paul's trial before Felix the governor. Acts 24:1-22. Acts 24:1 And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with certain elders, and with an orator, one Tertullus; and they informed th...
See notes on verse 10...
And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: AND THEY NEITHER FOUND ME IN THE TEMPLE DISPUTING WITH AN...
28 As in the case of our Lord, witness after witness testified that Paul had done nothing deserving the bonds he endured or the death with which he was threatened. All who heard his case concurred in...
THE COUNCIL] i.e. the governo's legal advisers....
ST PAUL'S DEFENCE. St. Paul answered the charges as follows. (1) He had no seditious intentions, for he was found purified in the Temple 'neither with multitude, nor with tumult' (Acts 24:18). (2) The...
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)....
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 24 THE *JEWISH LEADERS ACCUSE PAUL, 24:1-9 V1 Five days later, Ananias the *high priest went to Caesarea. Some leaders and Tertullus, a lawyer,...
THEY NEITHER FOUND ME IN THE TEMPLE... — The answer traverses all parts of the indictment. He had not even entered into a discussion in the Temple. He had not even gathered a crowd around him in any p...
οὔτε ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ … οὔτε … οὔτε : step by step he refutes the charge. οὔτε εὗρον, _cf._ Acts 24:5, εὑρόντες, a flat denial to the allegation of Tertullus; R.V. reads more plainly: both acts, the disputi...
TRUTH AGAINST SLANDER Acts 24:1 Paul was always on the lookout for the one ray of light in murky skies. He found a reason for counting himself happy in this dark hour, Acts 24:10. He held himself wit...
Tertullus, who appeared here, was a Roman barrister, it being necessary for the Jews to employ such in presenting their cases before a Roman tribunal. The charges he made were palpably false. His desc...
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...
In Jerusalem there was only one temple, nor could there, by an express command of the Almighty, be any more throughout the whole kingdom. (Perhaps the Almighty may have wished by this singular circums...
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:...
The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
− 12._Disputing with any man. _Paul had no need to deny any of these things if he had done them; because he might have answered for himself that it was well done. He had been one of the scribes which...
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...
AND THEY NEITHER FOUND ME IN THE TEMPLE DISPUTING WITH ANY MAN,.... Either about civil or religious affairs: not that it was criminal to dispute in the temple; it was a common thing for the doctors to...
And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: Ver. 12. _And they neither found me in the temple_] As he ha...
_Then Paul_ Having heard with patient silence all the false charges preferred against him, after the governor had given him a sign to speak, answered in a speech widely different from that of Tertullu...
The Jews did not delay long just taking enough time (5 days) to make plans by which to influence Felix against Paul. The high priest and elders of the people came down, bringing with them an orator na...
AND THEY NEITHER FOUND ME IN THE TEMPLE DISPUTING WITH ANYONE NOR INCITING THE CROWD, EITHER IN THE SYNAGOGUES OR IN THE CITY. 1. None of the people making accusations saw him in the temple. 2. Ther...
Acts 24:11-12 "No more than twelve days ago. went up to Jerusalem to worship" With. little investigation Felix could easily find out how long Paul had been in Jerusalem. The seven days of Acts 21:17 p...
10-21 Paul gives a just account of himself, which clears him from crime, and likewise shows the true reason of the violence against him. Let us never be driven from any good way by its having an ill...
DISPUTING, or discoursing. Although it seems not to have been unlawful, after the sacrifices were offered, to discourse about the meaning of any place in the law or the prophets; for thus our Saviour...
Acts 24:12 And G2532 neither G3777 found G2147 (G5627) me G3165 in G1722 temple G2411 disputing G125
Paul too recognises the need to win the judges confidence. So he states how gladly he makes his defence in front of such an experienced and knowledgeable judge. ‘Many years.' Prior to being procurator...
Acts 24:12. AND THEY NEITHER FOUND ME IN THE TEMPLE DISPUTING WITH ANY MAN, NEITHER RAISING UP THE PEOPLE, NEITHER IN THE SYNAGOGUES, NOR IN THE CITY. He urges that this accusation of exciting seditio...
DISPUTING (διαλεγομενον). Simply conversing, discussing, arguing, and then disputing, common verb in old Greek and in N.T. (especially in Acts).STIRRING UP A CROWD (επιστασιν ποιουντα οχλου). Επισ...
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...
Acts 24:1. _After five days, Ananias descended with the elders;_ to intimidate the governor, and ensure the destruction of Paul, as they had done with Pilate in regard of the Saviour. They lost no tim...
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...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 24:11 Paul denied starting any riots. TWELVE DAYS was not enough time to gather a following. ⇐...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 24:1 The Witness in Caesarea. Paul was imprisoned in Caesarea for more than two years. He received formal hearings from the governors Felix and Festus and the Jewish king Agrippa II....
_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...
EXPOSITION ACTS 24:1 _The high priest Ananias came down _for _Ananias the high priest descended, _A.V.; _certain elders _for _the elders, _A.V. and T.R.; _an orator, one Tertullus _for _a certain ora...
Shall we turn now to chapter twenty-four in the book of Acts. Paul had been seen in the temple worshipping God by some of the Jews that were from Asia who were familiar with Paul's ministry among the...
Acts 24:5; Acts 25:8; Acts 28:17...