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

4“But in order that I may not weary you any longer, I beg you in your kindness to hear us briefly. 5For we have found this man to be a pest, stirring up riots among all the Jewish people throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Natzratim. He even tried to defile the Temple, but we seized him. 8By examining him yourself, you will be able to learn from him all these things about which we accuse him.”

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 24:12They did not find me arguing with anyone or inciting a riot—not in the Temple or in the synagogues or anywhere else in the city.
• Acts 19:37For you have brought these men here who are neither sacrilegious nor revilers of our goddess.
• Acts 21:27When the seven days were about to be completed, the Jewish leaders from Asia saw Paul in the Temple and began stirring up the whole crowd. They grabbed him,
• Acts 21:30The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They grabbed Paul and dragged him out of the Temple, and the gates were shut at once.
• Acts 22:23As they were crying out and flinging off their cloaks and throwing dust into the air,
• Acts 23:10As a big dispute was developing, the commander was afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them. So he ordered the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them and to bring him into headquarters.
• John 18:31Then Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves, and judge Him by your Torah!” The Judean leaders responded, “We are not authorized to put anyone to death.”
• John 19:7The Judean leaders answered him, “We have a law, and according to the Torah He must die, because He claimed to be Ben-Elohim!”

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

Topics related to Acts 24:6

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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