Acts 24:6

Acts 24:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
• New International Version (NIV)and even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He even tried to profane the temple, and we seized him, and wanted to judge him according to our law.

Context of Acts 24:6

4But that I may not too much intrude on thy time, I beseech thee to hear us briefly in thy kindness. 5For finding this man a pest, and moving sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the sect of the Nazaraeans; who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we also had seized, [and would have judged according to our law; 7but Lysias, the chiliarch, coming up, took [him] away with great force out of our hands, 8having commanded his accusers to come to thee;] of whom thou canst thyself, in examining [him], know the certainty of all these things of which we accuse him.

Acts 24:6 word by word

ὃς καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν ἐπείρασεν βεβηλῶσαι, ὃν καὶ ἐκρατήσαμενRead the interlinear

• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• templeἱερόνhieron · templeG2411
• seizedκρατέωkrateō · to grasp/seizeG2902

Cross-references for Acts 24:6

• Acts 24:12and 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;
• Acts 19:37For ye have brought these men, [who are] neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of your goddess.
• Acts 21:27And when the seven days were nearly completed, the Jews from Asia, having seen him in the temple, set all the crowd in a tumult, and laid hands upon him,
• Acts 21:30And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people; and having laid hold on Paul they drew him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.
• Acts 22:23And as they were crying, and throwing away their clothes, and casting dust into the air,
• Acts 23:10And a great tumult having arisen, the chiliarch, fearing lest Paul should have been torn in pieces by them, commanded the troop to come down and take him by force from the midst of them, and to bring [him] into the fortress.
• John 18:31Pilate therefore said to them, Take him, ye, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not permitted to us to put any one to death;
• John 19:7The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to [our] law he ought to die, because he made himself Son of God.

Commentaries on Acts 24:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Hath gone about to profane the temple - This was a heavy charge, if it could have been substantiated, because the Jews were permitted by the Romans to put any person to death who profaned their temple. This charge was founded on the gross calumny mentioned, Acts 21:28, Acts 21:29; for, as they had seen Trophimus, an Ephesian, with Paul in the city, they pretended that he had brought him into the temple. Would have judged according to our law - He…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Who also hath gone about - Who has endeavored. To profane the temple - This was a serious, but unfounded charge. It arose from the gross calumny of the Jews, when they pretended that he had introduced Greeks into that sacred place, Acts 21:28. To this charge he replies in Acts 24:18. And would have judged - That is, would have condemned and punished. According to our law - Their law, which forbade the introduction of strangers into the temple.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6desecrate the temple: See study note on 21:28–29.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. a pestilent fellow--a plague, or pest. and a mover of sedition among all the Jews--by exciting disturbances among them. throughout the world--(See on Lu 2:1). This was the first charge; and true only in the sense explained on Ac 16:20. a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes--the second charge; and true enough.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 24:6

• Accusation, False
• Advocate
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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