Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Disputing (dialegomenon). Simply conversing, discussing, arguing, and then disputing, common verb in old Greek and in N.T. (especially in Acts).
Stirring up a crowd (epistasin poiounta oxlou). Epistasiv is a late word from efisthmi, to make an onset or rush. Only twice in the N.T., II Corinthians 11:28 (the pressure or care of the churches) and here (making a rush of a crowd). The papyri give examples also for "onset." So Paul denies the two charges that were serious and the only one that concerned Roman law (insurrection).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 24:12:
Acts 5:17
2 Corinthians 11:28
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