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Verse Acts 24:11. _THERE ARE YET BUT TWELVE DAYS_] This is his
_reply_ to their charge of _sedition_; the improbability of which is
shown from the _short time_ he had spent in Jerusalem, quite
insuff...
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BECAUSE THAT THOU MAYEST UNDERSTAND - Greek: “Thou being able to
know.” That is, he could understand or know by taking the proper
evidence. Paul does not mean to say that Felix could understand the
ca...
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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 ...
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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)....
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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...
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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...
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A FLATTERING SPEECH AND A FALSE CHARGE (Acts 24:1-9)...
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MAYEST. canst.
UNDERSTAND. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132, but the texts read
_epiginosko._
YET BUT. not (Greek. _ou._ App-105.) more than.
TWELVE DAYS: i.e. since Acts 21:17.
SINCE. from (Greek. _apo....
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_because that thou mayest understand Rev. Ver._taking a slightly
different reading, "Seeing that thou canst take knowledge." The
Apostle means that it was easy to find evidence about all that had
happ...
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_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...
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ΔΥΝΑΜΈΝΟΥ _praes. pass. (dep.) part._ (причины), с
_inf., см._ Acts 24:8. _Gen. abs._ ΈΠΙΓΝΏΝΑΙ _aor. act.
inf., см._ Acts 24:8.
ΠΛΕΊΟΥΣ _пот. pl. сотр. от_ ΠΟΛΎΣ (G4183)
многий (BD, 16); _сотр._ бол...
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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...
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See notes on verse 10...
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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...
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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...
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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)....
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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,...
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I WENT UP TO JERUSALEM FOR TO WORSHIP. — This was, by implication,
St. Paul’s answer to the charge of the attempted profanation. One
who had come to worship was not likely to be guilty of the crime
al...
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δυν. σοῦ γνῶναι : “seeing that thou canst take
knowledge” (ἐπιγ.), R.V., the shortness of the time would
enable Felix to gain accurate knowledge of the events which had
transpired, and the Apostle may...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Since I went up from Cæsarea to Jerusalem, not to profane the temple,
or excite sedition, but to adore the one true God....
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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:...
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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...
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11._To worship. _First, it is certain that he came for other causes,
and he will afterward confess that this was the chief, that he might
bring alms for the sustentation of the brethren. But we may...
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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...
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BECAUSE THAT THOU MAYEST UNDERSTAND,.... By what Paul now asserted,
and by the witnesses which he could produce to certify the truth of
it:
THAT THERE ARE YET BUT TWELVE DAYS SINCE I WENT UP TO JERUS...
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Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve
days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
Ver. 11. _There are yet but twelve days_] And therefore in so short a
time I could...
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_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...
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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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Paul denies the charges:...
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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...
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BECAUSE YOU MAY ASCERTAIN THAT IT IS NO MORE THAN TWELVE DAYS SINCE I
WENT UP TO JERUSALEM TO WORSHIP.
1. Paul says that until 12 days ago he was out of the county. Paul was
gone on his third mission...
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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...
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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...
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THAT THOU MAYEST UNDERSTAND, either by what thou hast heard already,
or by what the witnesses, when examined, will declare. THERE ARE YET
BUT TWELVE DAYS SINCE I WENT UP TO JERUSALEM; there were but t...
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Acts 24:11 you G4675 may G1410 (G5740) ascertain G1097 (G5629) that
G3754 is G1526 (G5748) than...
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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...
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Acts 24:11. BECAUSE THAT THOU MAYEST UNDERSTAND, THAT THERE ARE YET.
BUT TWELVE DAYS SINCE I WENT UP TO JERUSALEM FOR TO WORSHIP. The
‘twelve days' are best reckoned thus:
_1st Day._ Arrival at Jerus...
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SEEING THAT THOU CANST TAKE KNOWLEDGE
(δυναμενου σου επιγνωνα). Genitive absolute again.
The same word and form (επιγνωνα) used by Tertullus, if in
Greek, in verse Acts 24:8 to Felix. Paul takes it...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 24:11 Paul denied starting any riots. TWELVE DAYS
was not enough time to gather a following.
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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....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 21:18; Acts 21:26; Acts 21:27; Acts 22:30; Acts 23:11;...