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 24:20 in other translations
| BSB | Otherwise, let these men state for themselves any crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin, |
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| WEB | Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council, |
| ASV | Or else let these men themselves say what wrong-doing they found when I stood before the council, |
| YLT | or let these same say if they found any unrighteousness in me in my standing before the sanhedrim, |
| DARBY | or let these themselves say what wrong they found in me when I stood before the council, |
| BBE | Or let these men here present say what wrongdoing was seen in me when I was before the Sanhedrin, |
| Webster | Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil-doing in me, while I stood before the council, |
What does Acts 24:20 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
Let these same here say. The Jews who are here present. Any evil doing. Any improper conduct, or any violation of the law.
While I stood before the council. The sanhedrim, Acts 23:1-10. As they were present there, Paul admits that they were competent to bear witness to his conduct on that occasion; and calls upon them to testify, if they could, to any impropriety in his conduct.
(&) "evil doing" "crime"
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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 24:20 in the original Greek
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Context
- 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 24:21
Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
Acts 24:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | O digan estos mismos si hallaron en mí alguna cosa mal hecha, cuando yo estuve en el concilio, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | ou bien, que ceux-ci eux-mêmes disent quelle injustice ils ont trouvée en moi, quand j’ai été devant le sanhédrin, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Oder laß diese selbst sagen, welches Unrecht sie an mir gefunden haben, als ich vor dem Synedrium stand, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | aut hi ipsi dicant si quid invenerunt in me iniquitatis cum stem in concilio, |