Acts 24 · Verse 12

Acts 24:12

And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
Acts 24:12, King James Version

Acts 24:12 in other translations

BSBYet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
WEBIn the temple they didn’t find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues or in the city.
ASVand neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any man or stirring up a crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city.
YLTand neither in the temple did they find me reasoning with any one, or making a dissension of the multitude, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;
DARBYand neither in the temple did they find me discoursing to any one, or making any tumultuous gathering together of the crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;
BBEAnd they have not seen me in argument with any man in the Temple, or working up the feelings of the people, in the Synagogues or in the town:
WebsterAnd they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither exciting the people to sedition, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:

What does Acts 24:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 24:12-13
12-13. they neither found me ... Neither can they prove the things, &c.--After specifying several particulars, he challenges proof of any one of the charges brought against him. So much for the charge of sedition.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 12. And they neither found me, etc. The first charge of Tertullus against Paul was, Acts 24:5, that he was "a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition." The charge of his being a pest was so general, that Paul did not think it necessary to attempt to refute it. To the specification, that he was a mover of sedition, he replies by a firm denial, and by a solemn declaration that they had not found him in any synagogue, or in the city, or in the temple, either disputing or exciting a tumult. His conduct there had been entirely peaceable; and they had no right to suppose that it had been otherwise anywhere.

(h) "neither found me" Acts 25:8, 28:17

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 24:10-21

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…

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Acts 24:12 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
οὔτεouteneitherG3777
ἐνeninG1722
τῷtōtheG3588
ἱερῷhi'erōtempleG2411
εὗρόνheurondid they findG2147
μεmemeG3165
πρόςproswithG4314
τιναtinaanyoneG5100
διαλεγόμενονdialegomenonreasoningG1256
ἢēorG2228
ἐπίστασινepistasinobstruction
ποιοῦνταpoiountamakingG4160
ὄχλουochlouof a crowdG3793
οὔτεoutenorG3777
ἐνeninG1722
ταῖςtaistheG3588
συναγωγαῖςsunagōgaissynagoguesG4864
οὔτεoutenorG3777
κατὰkatainG2596
τὴνtēntheG3588
πόλιν·polincity;G4172

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Cross references for Acts 24:12

  • Acts 25:8

    While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Cesar, have I offended any thing at all.

  • Acts 24:18

    Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.

  • Acts 28:17

    And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

  • Acts 24:5

    For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
5; 25:8; 28:17

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Context

  • Acts 24:11

    Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.

  • Acts 24:12

    And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:

  • Acts 24:13

    Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.

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Acts 24:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y ni me hallaron en el templo disputando con ninguno, ni haciendo concurso de multitud, ni en sinagogas, ni en la ciudad;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils ne m’ont trouvé, ni dans le temple, disputant avec quelqu’un ou ameutant la foule, ni dans les synagogues, ni dans la ville;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie haben mich weder in dem Tempel mit jemandem in Unterredung gefunden, noch einen Auflauf der Volksmenge machend, weder in den Synagogen noch in der Stadt;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et neque in templo invenerunt me cum aliquo disputantem, aut concursum facientem turbæ, neque in synagogis, neque in civitate: