Acts 24:18

Acts 24:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
• New International Version (NIV)I 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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)While I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But some Jews from Asia—
• New King James Version (NKJV)in the midst of which some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with a mob nor with tumult.

Context of Acts 24:18

16“Therefore I do my best always to have a clear conscience before both God and men. 17Now after several years, I came to bring tzadakah to my country for the poor and to present offerings. As I was doing this, they found me in the Temple, having been purified—without any crowd or uproar. 19But there were some Jewish people from Asia, who ought to be here before you to press charges if they have anything against me. 20Or let these men themselves tell what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the Sanhedrin—

Acts 24:18 word by word

ἐν αἷς εὗρόν με ἡγνισμένον ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ οὐ μετὰ ὄχλου οὐδὲ μετὰ θορύβου,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whereuponἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• Whereuponὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• certainτιςtis · oneG5100
• JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• Asiaὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• AsiaἈσίαAsia · AsiaG773
• foundεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• purifiedἁγνίζωhagnizō · to purifyG48
• the templeἱερόνhieron · templeG2411
• neitherοὐou · noG3756
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• multitudeὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• norοὐδέoude · norG3761
• tumultθόρυβοςthorubos · commotionG2351

Cross-references for Acts 24:18

• Acts 21:26The next day Paul took the men, purifying himself along with them. He went into the Temple, announcing when the days of purification would be completed and the sacrifice would be offered for each one of them.
• Acts 26:21“For this reason some Judeans seized me in the Temple and tried to put me to death.

Commentaries on Acts 24:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Found me purified in the temple - And the Jews of Asia, who stirred up the persecution against me in Jerusalem, found me purified in the temple, regularly performing the religious vow into which I had entered; giving no cause for suspicion; for I made no tumult, nor had I any number of people with me, by whom I could have accomplished any seditious purpose.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Certain Jews from Asia - Acts 21:27. Found me purified in the temple - Acts 21:26-27. They found me engaged in the sacred service of completing the observance of my vow. Neither with multitude - Not having introduced a multitude with me - in a quiet and peaceful manner.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

Topics related to Acts 24:18

• Asia
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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