Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Assayed to profane (epeirasen bebhlwsai). A flat untruth, but the charge of the Asian Jews (Acts 21:28-30). Verbum optum AD calumnian (Bengel).
We seized (ekrathsamen). As if the Sanhedrin had arrested Paul, Tertullus identifying himself with his clients. But it was the mob (Acts 21:28-31) that attacked Paul and Lysias who rescued him (Acts 21:32 ff.).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 24:6:
Acts 5:17
Acts 24:7
Acts 25:7
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