But, that I may not [a]weary you further, I beg you [b]to grant us a brief hearing, by your kindness. For we have found this man a public menace and one who stirs up dissensions among all the Jews throughout [c]the world, and a ringleader of the (A)sect of the Nazarenes. And he even tried to (B)desecrate the temple, so indeed we arrested him.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 24:4 Or impose on
  2. Acts 24:4 Lit to hear...briefly
  3. Acts 24:5 Lit the inhabited earth
  4. Acts 24:6 Late mss add as the remainder of v 6: We wanted to judge him according to our own Law. v 7: But Lysias the commander came along and took him out of our hands with much violence, and the first part of v 8: ordering his accusers to come before you.

But in order not to weary you further, I would request that you be kind enough to hear us briefly.

“We have found this man to be a troublemaker, stirring up riots(A) among the Jews(B) all over the world. He is a ringleader of the Nazarene(C) sect(D) and even tried to desecrate the temple;(E) so we seized him.

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