Acts 24 · Verse 13

Acts 24:13

Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
Acts 24:13, King James Version

Acts 24:13 in other translations

BSBNor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.
WEBNor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me.
ASVNeither can they prove to thee the things whereof they now accuse me.
YLTnor are they able to prove against me the things concerning which they now accuse me.
DARBYneither can they make good the things of which they now accuse me.
BBEAnd they are not able to give facts in support of the things which they say against me now.
WebsterNeither can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.

What does Acts 24:13 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.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 13. Neither can they prove the things, etc. That is, that I am a mover of sedition, or a disturber of the peace of the people. This appeal he boldly makes; he challenges investigation; and as they did not offer to specify any acts of disorder or tumult excited by him, this charge falls of course.

(i) "prove the things" 1Pet 3:16

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 24:13 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.

οὐδὲoudenorG3761
παραστῆσαιparastēsaito proveG3936
δύνανταίdunantaiare they ableG1410
σοιsoito youG4771
περὶpericoncerningG4012
ὧνhōn[the things] of whichG3739
νυνὶnuninowG3570
κατηγοροῦσίνkatēgorousinthey accuseG2723
μου.moume.G3165

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 24:13

  • Acts 25:7

    And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.

  • 1 Peter 3:16

    Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
25:7; 1Pe 3:16

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Context

  • 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.

  • Acts 24:14

    But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

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Acts 24:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ni te pueden probar las cosas de que ahora me acusan.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et ils ne peuvent pas soutenir les choses dont ils m’accusent présentement.
German
Elberfelder 1871		auch können sie das nicht dartun, worüber sie mich jetzt anklagen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		neque probare possunt tibi de quibus nunc me accusant.