Acts 24:11

Acts 24:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
• New International Version (NIV)You can easily verify that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You can verify that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem,
• New King James Version (NKJV)because you may ascertain that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

Context of Acts 24:11

9The Jews also joined in the attack, alleging that these things were true. 10When the governor motioned for him to speak, Paul replied, “Because I know you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I am glad to offer my defense in what concerns me. You can verify for yourself that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem. 12They didn’t find me arguing with anyone or causing a disturbance among the crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or anywhere in the city. 13Neither can they prove the charges they are now making against me.

Acts 24:11 word by word

δυναμένου σου ἐπιγνῶναι ὅτι οὐ πλείους εἰσίν μοι ἡμέραι δώδεκα ἀφ᾽ ἧς ἀνέβην προσκυνήσων εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Because thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• thouσύsu · youG4771
• mayestδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• understandγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• that there areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• yetοὐou · noG3756
• yetπλείων, πλεῖονpleiōn pleion pleon · greaterG4119
• butἤē · orG2228
• twelveδεκαδύοdekaduo · twelveG1177
• daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• sinceἀπόapo · away fromG575
• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• went upἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• toἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• JerusalemἹερουσαλήμHierousalēm · JerusalemG2419
• for to worshipπροσκυνέωproskuneō · to worshipG4352

Cross-references for Acts 24:11

• Acts 24:1Five days later Ananias the high priest came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus. These men presented their case against Paul to the governor.
• Acts 21:18The following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.
• Acts 22:30The next day, since he wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and instructed the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to convene. He brought Paul down and placed him before them.
• Acts 23:11The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Have courage! For as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so it is necessary for you to testify in Rome.”
• Acts 24:17After many years, I came to bring charitable gifts and offerings to my people.
• Acts 21:26So the next day, Paul took the men, having purified himself along with them, and entered the temple, announcing the completion of the purification days when the offering would be made for each of them.

Commentaries on Acts 24:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11There are yet but twelve days - This is his reply to their charge of sedition; the improbability of which is shown from the short time he had spent in Jerusalem, quite insufficient to organize a sedition of any kind; nor could a single proof be furnished that he had attempted to seduce any man, or unhinge any person from his allegiance by subtle disputations, either in the temple, the synagogues, or the city. So that this charge necessarily fell to the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Because that thou mayest understand - Greek: “Thou being able to know.” That is, he could understand or know by taking the proper evidence. Paul does not mean to say that Felix could understand the case because he had been many years a judge of that nation. That fact would qualify him to judge correctly, or to understand the customs of the Jews. But the fact that he himself had been but twelve days in Jerusalem, and had been orderly and peaceable there…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-21Verses 10-21 Paul gives a just account of himself, which clears him from crime, and likewise shows the true reason of the violence against him. Let us never be driven from any good way by its having an ill name. It is very comfortable, in worshipping God, to look to him as the God of our fathers, and to set up no other rule of faith or practice but the Scriptures. This shows there will be a resurrection to a final judgment. Prophets and their doctrines…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-21Paul defended himself by saying: he was not in Jerusalem long enough to start a riot; none of those who accused him saw him causing a riot; and he worshiped according to Jewish law and the writings of the prophets.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. thou mayest understand--canst easily learn. that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem--namely, 1. The day of his arrival in Jerusalem (Ac 21:15-17); 2. The interview with James (Ac 21:18-26); 3. The assumption of the vow (Ac 21:26); 4, 5, 6. Continuance of the vow, interrupted by the arrest (Ac 21:27, &c.); 7. Arrest of Paul (Ac 21:27); 8. Paul before the Sanhedrim (Ac 22:30; 23:1-10); 9. Conspiracy of the Jews and defeat of it…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings