Acts 24:19
Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.
Acts 24:19 in other translations
| BSB | who ought to appear before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me. |
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| WEB | They ought to have been here before you and to make accusation if they had anything against me. |
| ASV | who ought to have been here before thee, and to make accusation, if they had aught against me. |
| YLT | whom it behoveth to be present before thee, and to accuse, if they had anything against me, |
| DARBY | who ought to appear before thee and accuse, if they have anything against me; |
| BBE | And it would have been better if they had come here to make a statement, if they have anything against me. |
| Webster | Who ought to have been here before thee, and object if they had aught against me. |
What does Acts 24:19 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 24:18-21
18-21. 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?
Barnes' Notes
(i) "here before thee" Acts 25:16 (&) "object" "accuse me" (|) "ought" "anything"
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…
Acts 24:19 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 24:19
- Acts 23:30
And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
- Acts 25:16
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
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Context
- Acts 24:18
Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
- Acts 24:19
Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.
- Acts 24:20
Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
Acts 24:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los cuales debieron comparecer delante de ti, y acusarme, si contra mí tenían algo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Or c’étaient certains Juifs d’Asie, qui auraient dû être ici devant toi et m’accuser, s’ils avaient quelque chose contre moi; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | es waren aber etliche Juden aus Asien, die hier vor dir sein und Klage führen sollten, wenn sie etwas wider mich hätten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quidam autem ex Asia Judæi, quos oportebat apud te præsto esse, et accusare si quid haberent adversum me: |