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

4I do not want you to sit here for a long time. So I will speak for a short time about our problem. Please be kind to us and listen to me. 5We know that this man brings trouble everywhere. Anywhere in the world that Jewish people live, he makes them angry. Then they all fight each other. He is the leader of a group called the Nazarenes.’ ‘He also did bad things in the temple that are against our laws. So we took hold of him. [We wanted to judge him by what our own law says. 7But Lysias, the leader of the soldiers, came to us. He attacked us and he took Paul away from us. 8Then he told us to come and to speak to you about it.] You should ask this man some questions about what he has done. You will find out that what we say against him is true.’

Acts 24:6 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Whoὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• hath gone aboutπειράζωpeirazō · to test/tempt: tryG3985
• to profaneβεβηλόωbebēloō · to profaneG953
• the templeἱερόνhieron · templeG2411
• we tookκρατέωkrateō · to grasp/seizeG2902
• would haveθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• judgedκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• according toκατάkata · according toG2596
• ourἡμέτεροςhēmeteros · ourG2251
• lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551

Cross-references for Acts 24:6

• Acts 24:12When the Jews saw me in the temple, I was not arguing with anyone. I was not causing trouble among Jewish people in their meeting places. Nor did I cause problems in any other places in Jerusalem.
• Acts 19:37You have brought Gaius and Aristarchus here to the city officers' meeting place. But what bad thing have they done? They have not robbed the house of Artemis. They have not said bad things against her.
• Acts 21:27At the end of those seven days, some Jews from Asia region saw Paul in the temple. They said some bad things against Paul to the crowd. So the people became angry and they took hold of Paul.
• Acts 21:30Many other people in the city heard about the trouble and they also became angry. They all ran from their homes to the temple and they took hold of Paul. Then they pulled him out of the temple and they closed the doors immediately.
• Acts 22:23While they were shouting this, they were taking off their coats. They also threw dirt from the ground up into the air.
• Acts 23:10The two groups argued more and more strongly. The leader of the soldiers thought that the people there might hurt Paul badly. So he said to his soldiers, ‘Go down into the group and take Paul away from them. Take him back with you into our strong building.’
• John 18:31Pilate said to them, ‘You yourselves take him away. You should judge him by your own laws.’ The Jewish leaders replied, ‘We do not have authority to kill anyone when they have done something bad.’
• John 19:7The Jews answered, ‘We have a law which says that he must die. He must die because he said, “I am the 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

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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