Acts 24:10-23
Lexham English Bible
10 And when[a] the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied, “Because I[b] know you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I defend myself cheerfully with respect to the things concerning myself. 11 You can ascertain that it has not been more than[c] twelve days since[d] I went up to Jerusalem to worship. 12 And neither did they find me arguing with anyone or making a crowd develop in the temple courts[e] nor in the synagogues nor throughout the city. 13 Nor can they prove the things[f] to you concerning which they are now accusing me. 14 But I do confess this to you, that according to the Way (which they call a sect), so I worship the God of our fathers, believing all things that are in accordance with the law and that are written in the prophets, 15 having a hope in God which these men also themselves await: that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. 16 For this reason[g] also I myself always[h] do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and people. 17 So after many years, I came to practice charitable giving and offerings to my people,[i] 18 in which they found me purified in the temple courts,[j] not with a crowd or with a disturbance. 19 But there are some Jews from Asia[k] who ought to be present before you and bring charges against me,[l] if they have anything against me, 20 or these men themselves should say what crime they found when[m] I stood before the Sanhedrin,[n] 21 other than concerning this one declaration that I shouted while[o] standing there before them: ‘I am being judged before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead!’”
Paul Held Awaiting Trial
22 But Felix, because he[p] understood the facts concerning the Way more accurately, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the military tribune comes down, I will decide your case.”[q] 23 He ordered[r] the centurion for him to be guarded and to have some freedom, and in no way to prevent any of his own people[s] from serving him.
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- Acts 24:10 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“gestured”)
- Acts 24:10 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“know”) which is understood as causal
- Acts 24:11 Literally “there are not to me more than”
- Acts 24:11 Literally “from which time”
- Acts 24:12 Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
- Acts 24:13 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 24:16 Literally “by this”
- Acts 24:16 Literally “through everything”
- Acts 24:17 Or “nation”
- Acts 24:18 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
- Acts 24:19 A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)
- Acts 24:19 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 24:20 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“stood”)
- Acts 24:20 Or “council”
- Acts 24:21 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“standing there”) which is understood as temporal
- Acts 24:22 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“understood”) which is understood as causal
- Acts 24:22 Literally “the case with respect to you”
- Acts 24:23 Here this participle (“ordered”) has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style
- Acts 24:23 This could refer to either friends or relatives
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