Acts 24:8
Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
Acts 24:8 in other translations
| BSB | By examining him yourself, you will be able to learn the truth about all our charges against him.” |
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| WEB | By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him.” |
| ASV | from whom thou wilt be able, by examining him thyself, to take knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him. |
| YLT | having commanded his accusers to come to thee, from whom thou mayest be able, thyself having examined, to know concerning all these things of which we accuse him;' |
| DARBY | having commanded his accusers to come to thee;] of whom thou canst thyself, in examining him, know the certainty of all these things of which we accuse him. |
| BBE | And from whom you will be able, by questioning him yourself, to get knowledge of all the things which we say against him. |
| Webster | Commanding his accusers to come to thee: by examining whom, thou thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things of which we accuse him. |
What does Acts 24:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 24:5-8
5-8. 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.
Barnes' Notes
By examining of whom. That is, the Jews who were then present. Tertullus presented them as his witnesses of the truth of what he had said. It is evident that we have here only the summary or outline of the speech which Tertullus made. It is incredible that a Roman rhetorician would have, on such an occasion, delivered an address so brief, so meager, and so destitute of display as this. But it is doubtless a correct summary of his address, and contains the leading points of the accusation. It is customary for the sacred writers, as for other writers, to give only the outline of discourses and arguments. Such a course was inevitable, unless the New Testament had been swelled to wholly undue proportions.
(e) "accusers" Acts 23:30 (|) "take knowledge" "Gain"
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 24:1-9
See here the unhappiness of great men, and a great unhappiness it is, to have their services praised beyond measure, and never to be faithfully told of their faults; hereby they are hardened and encouraged in evil, like Felix. God's prophets were charged with being troublers of the land, and our Lord Jesus Christ, that he perverted the nation; the very same charges were brought against Paul. The selfish and evil…
Acts 24:8 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 24:8
- Acts 25:15-16
About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him. 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.
- Acts 25:5
Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
- 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 23:35
I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
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Context
- Acts 24:7
But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
- Acts 24:8
Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
- Acts 24:9
And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
Acts 24:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mandando á sus acusadores que viniesen á ti; del cual tú mismo juzgando, podrás entender todas estas cosas de que le acusamos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | donnant ordre que ses accusateurs viennent auprès de toi]; et par lui tu pourras toi-même, en l’interrogeant, arriver à la pleine connaissance de toutes ces choses dont nous l’accusons. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | indem er seinen Anklägern befahl, zu dir zu kommen; von welchem du selbst, wenn du es untersucht hast, über alles dieses Gewißheit erhalten kannst, dessen wir ihn anklagen. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | jubens accusatores ejus ad te venire: a quo poteris ipse judicans, de omnibus istis cognoscere, de quibus nos accusamus eum. |