Acts 24:12 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 24:12

The Defense Before Felix

10 Then Paul, after the governor had nodded to him to speak, answered: “Inasmuch as I know that you have been for many years a judge of this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself,

11 because you may ascertain that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem ^ato worship.

12 ^aAnd they neither found me in the temple disputing with anyone nor inciting the crowd, either in the synagogues or in the city.

13 Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.

14 But this I confess to you, that according to ^athe Way which they call a sect, so I worship the ^bGod of my fathers, believing all things which are written in ^cthe Law and in the Prophets.

15 ^aI have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, ^bthat there will be a resurrection¹ of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.

16 ^aThis being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.

17 “Now after many years ^aI came to bring alms and offerings to my nation,

18 ^ain the midst of which some Jews from Asia found me ^bpurified in the temple, neither with a mob nor with tumult.

19 ^aThey ought to have been here before you to object if they had anything against me.

20 Or else let those who are here themselves say¹ if they found any wrongdoing in me while I stood before the council,

21 unless it is for this one statement which I cried out, standing among them, ^a‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you this day.’ ”

Felix Procrastinates

22 But when Felix heard these things, having more accurate knowledge of the ^aWay, he adjourned the proceedings and said, “When ^bLysias the commander comes down, I will make a decision on your case.”

23 So he commanded the centurion to keep Paul and to let him have liberty, and ^atold him not to forbid any of his friends to provide for or visit him.

Verse Comparison: Acts 24:12

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American Standard Version
and neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any man or stirring up a crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city.

Amplified® Bible
And neither in the temple nor in the synagogues nor in the city did they find me disputing with anybody or bringing together a seditious crowd.

Contemporary English Version
Never once did the Jews find me arguing with anyone in the temple. I didn't cause trouble in the Jewish meeting places or in the city itself.

Darby English Version
and neither in the temple did they find me discoursing to any one, or making any tumultuous gathering together of the crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;

Good News Bible
The Jews did not find me arguing with anyone in the Temple, nor did they find me stirring up the people, either in the synagogues or anywhere else in the city.

International Standard Version
They never found me debating with anyone in the temple or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues or throughout the city,

King James Version
And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:

New American Standard Bible
"Neither in the temple, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city {itself} did they find me carrying on a discussion with anyone or causing a riot.

New International Version
My accusers did not find me arguing with anyone at the temple, or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues or anywhere else in the city.

New King James Version
And they neither found me in the temple disputing with anyone nor inciting the crowd, either in the synagogues or in the city.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" Neither in the temple, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city itself did they find me carrying on a discussion with anyone or causing a riot.

Young's Literal Translation
and neither in the temple did they find me reasoning with any one, or making a dissension of the multitude, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;

New English Translation
They did not find me arguing¹ with anyone or stirring up a crowd² in the temple courts³ or in the synagogues⁴ or throughout the city,⁵

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