Acts 24:11

Acts 24:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
• New International Version (NIV)You can easily verify that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You can verify that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem,
• New King James Version (NKJV)because you may ascertain that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

Context of Acts 24:11

9Then the other Jews chimed in, declaring that everything Tertullus said was true. 10The governor then motioned for Paul to speak. Paul said, “I know, sir, that you have been a judge of Jewish affairs for many years, so I gladly present my defense before you. You can quickly discover that I arrived in Jerusalem no more than twelve days ago to worship at the Temple. 12My accusers never found me arguing with anyone in the Temple, nor stirring up a riot in any synagogue or on the streets of the city. 13These men cannot prove the things they accuse me of doing.

Acts 24:11 word by word

δυναμένου σου ἐπιγνῶναι ὅτι οὐ πλείους εἰσίν μοι ἡμέραι δώδεκα ἀφ᾽ ἧς ἀνέβην προσκυνήσων εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Because thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• thouσύsu · youG4771
• mayestδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• understandγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• that there areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• yetοὐou · noG3756
• yetπλείων, πλεῖονpleiōn pleion pleon · greaterG4119
• butἤē · orG2228
• twelveδεκαδύοdekaduo · twelveG1177
• daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• sinceἀπόapo · away fromG575
• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• went upἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• toἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• JerusalemἹερουσαλήμHierousalēm · JerusalemG2419
• for to worshipπροσκυνέωproskuneō · to worshipG4352

Cross-references for Acts 24:11

• Acts 24:1Five days later Ananias, the high priest, arrived with some of the Jewish elders and the lawyer Tertullus, to present their case against Paul to the governor.
• Acts 21:18The next day Paul went with us to meet with James, and all the elders of the Jerusalem church were present.
• Acts 22:30The next day the commander ordered the leading priests into session with the Jewish high council. He wanted to find out what the trouble was all about, so he released Paul to have him stand before them.
• Acts 23:11That night the Lord appeared to Paul and said, “Be encouraged, Paul. Just as you have been a witness to me here in Jerusalem, you must preach the Good News in Rome as well.”
• Acts 24:17“After several years away, I returned to Jerusalem with money to aid my people and to offer sacrifices to God.
• Acts 21:26So Paul went to the Temple the next day with the other men. They had already started the purification ritual, so he publicly announced the date when their vows would end and sacrifices would be offered for each of them.

Commentaries on Acts 24:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11There are yet but twelve days - This is his reply to their charge of sedition; the improbability of which is shown from the short time he had spent in Jerusalem, quite insufficient to organize a sedition of any kind; nor could a single proof be furnished that he had attempted to seduce any man, or unhinge any person from his allegiance by subtle disputations, either in the temple, the synagogues, or the city. So that this charge necessarily fell to the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Because that thou mayest understand - Greek: “Thou being able to know.” That is, he could understand or know by taking the proper evidence. Paul does not mean to say that Felix could understand the case because he had been many years a judge of that nation. That fact would qualify him to judge correctly, or to understand the customs of the Jews. But the fact that he himself had been but twelve days in Jerusalem, and had been orderly and peaceable there…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. 1111. thou mayest understand--canst easily learn. that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem--namely, 1. The day of his arrival in Jerusalem (Ac 21:15-17); 2. The interview with James (Ac 21:18-26); 3. The assumption of the vow (Ac 21:26); 4, 5, 6. Continuance of the vow, interrupted by the arrest (Ac 21:27, &c.); 7. Arrest of Paul (Ac 21:27); 8. Paul before the Sanhedrim (Ac 22:30; 23:1-10); 9. Conspiracy of the Jews and defeat of it…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 24:11

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In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
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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