Acts 24:20

Acts 24:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
• New International Version (NIV)Or these who are here should state what crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin—
• English Standard Version (ESV)Or else let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Or else let those who are here themselves say if they found any wrongdoing in me while I stood before the council,

Context of Acts 24:20

18I was doing this in the yard of the temple when these men found me. I had obeyed all the rules to make myself clean in front of God. There was no crowd with me. Nobody was arguing or fighting because of me. 19But there were some Jews there who had come from Asia. They are the people who caused the trouble. Maybe they have something bad to say against me. They themselves should come here to speak to you about it. Or these men here should tell you what wrong thing I have done. I stood in front of the meeting of the Jewish leaders and they asked me questions. 21When I stood there, I shouted, “I believe that dead people will rise and they will live again. That is the reason why you are judging me today.” They may think that is a wrong thing that I did.’ 22Felix knew much about the Way of the Lord Jesus. He now said that the meeting had finished. He said to Paul, ‘Soon Lysias, the leader of the soldiers, will arrive here. Then I will decide what to do with you.’

Acts 24:20 word by word

ἢ αὐτοὶ οὗτοι εἰπάτωσαν τί εὗρον ἀδίκημα στάντος μου ἐπὶ τοῦ συνεδρίου,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Or elseἤē · orG2228
• letλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• sameαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ifεἰei · ifG1487
• they have foundεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• anyτιςtis · oneG5100
• evil doingἀδίκημαadikēma · crimeG92
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• stoodἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
• beforeἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the councilὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the councilσυνέδριονsunedrion · councilG4892

Commentaries on Acts 24:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Any evil doing in me while I stood before the council - The Jews of Asia, the most competent witnesses, though my declared enemies, and they who stirred up the persecution against me, should have been here: why are they kept back? Because they could prove nothing against me. Let these, therefore, who are here, depose, if they have found any evil in me, or proved against me, by my most virulent adversaries, when examined before them in their council at…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Or else - Since they are not here to witness against me in regard to what occurred in the temple, let these here present bear witness against me, if they can, in regard to any other part of my conduct. This was a bold appeal, and it showed his full consciousness of innocence. Let these same here say - The Jews who are here present. Any evil doing - Any improper conduct, or any violation of the Law. While I stood before the council - The Sanhedrin, Acts…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. 18-2118-21. found me purified in the temple--not polluting it, therefore, by my own presence, and neither gathering a crowd nor raising a stir: If then these Asiatic Jews have any charge to bring against me in justification of their arrest of me, why are they not here to substantiate 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