Acts 24:9

Acts 24:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
• New International Version (NIV)The other Jews joined in the accusation, asserting that these things were true.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that all these things were so.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Jews also assented, maintaining that these things were so.

Context of Acts 24:9

7But Lysias the commander came along, and with much violence took him out of our hands, 8ordering his accusers to come before you.] By examining him yourself concerning all these matters you will be able to ascertain the things of which we accuse him.” The Jews also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so. 10When the governor had nodded for him to speak, Paul responded: “Knowing that for many years you have been a judge to this nation, I cheerfully make my defense, 11since you can take note of the fact that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

Acts 24:9 word by word

συνεπέθεντο δὲ καὶ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι φάσκοντες ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν.¶Read the interlinear

• The JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• assertingφάσκωphaskō · to claimG5335
• that theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• were soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779

Cross-references for Acts 24:9

• Acts 6:11Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”
• Psalms 4:2O sons of men, how long will my honor become a reproach? How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? Selah.
• Psalms 62:3How long will you assail a man, That you may murder him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
• Psalms 64:2Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of those who do iniquity,
• Isaiah 59:4No one sues righteously and no one pleads honestly. They trust in confusion and speak lies; They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.
• Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongue like their bow; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.
• Ezekiel 22:27Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.
• Micah 6:12For the rich men of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
• Micah 7:2The godly person has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a net.
• Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death.
• John 8:44You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Commentaries on Acts 24:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9And the Jews also assented - The Jews who had accompanied Tertullus to Caesarea. They had gone as the accusers of Paul, and they bore testimony, when called upon, to the truth of all that the orator had said. Whether they were examined individually or not is not declared. In whatever way their testimony was arrived at, they confirmed unanimously the accusation which he had brought against Paul.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-27Tertullus presented a legal case against Paul in a Roman court on behalf of the high priest (24:1–9). Then Paul cheerfully defended himself and his faith (24:10–21). The governor paused the hearing without making a decision. He kept Paul in prison for two years (24:22–27).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. the Jews assented, &c.--See on Ac 23:15.Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Assent
• Clemency
• Exercise
• Hear
• Inform
• James
• Jewess
• Pestilent
• Tertullus
• Void

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