Acts 24:19

Acts 24:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)they ought to be here before you and to make an accusation, should they have anything against me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They ought to have been here before you to object if they had anything against me.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But some Jews from the province of Asia were there—and they ought to be here to bring charges if they have anything against me!

Context of Acts 24:19

17“After an absence of several years, I came to Jerusalem to bring my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings. 18I was ceremonially clean when they found me in the temple courts doing this. There was no crowd with me, nor was I involved in any disturbance. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia, who ought to be here before you and bring charges if they have anything against me. 20Or these who are here should state what crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin— 21unless it was this one thing I shouted as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’ ”

Acts 24:19 word by word

τινὲς δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀσίας Ἰουδαῖοι, οὓς ἔδει ἐπὶ σοῦ παρεῖναι καὶ κατηγορεῖν, εἴ τι ἔχοιεν πρὸς ἐμέ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whoὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• oughtδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163
• to have been hereπάρειμιpareimi · be presentG3918
• beforeἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• objectκατηγορέωkatēgoreō · to accuseG2723
• ifεἰei · ifG1487
• they hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• oughtτιςtis · oneG5100
• againstπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473

Cross-references for Acts 24:19

• Acts 23:30When I was informed of a plot to be carried out against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also ordered his accusers to present to you their case against him.
• Acts 25:16“I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand over anyone before they have faced their accusers and have had an opportunity to defend themselves against the charges.

Commentaries on Acts 24:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Who ought to have been here … - They were the proper witnesses, and as they had staid away it showed that they were not prepared to undergo a strict examination. They alone could testify as to anything that occurred in the temple; and as they were not present, that charge ought to be dismissed.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