Acts 24:4-9

New American Standard Bible

⁴But, that I may not ^[a]weary you further, I beg you ^[b]to grant us a brief hearing, by your kindness. ⁵For 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. ⁶And he even tried to ^(B)desecrate the temple, so indeed we arrested him.^[d] ⁸By interrogating him yourself concerning all these matters, you will be able to ascertain the things of which we are accusing him.” ⁹^(C)The Jews also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so.

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Footnotes

Acts 24:4 Or impose on
Acts 24:4 Lit to hear...briefly
Acts 24:5 Lit the inhabited earth
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.