Acts 24:8

English Standard Version

By examining him yourself you will be able to find out from him about everything of which we accuse him."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
commanding his accusers to come to you.] By examining him yourself you will be able to discern all these things we are accusing him of."

King James Version (1611)
Commanding his accusers to come vnto thee, by examining of whom thy selfe mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.

King James Version
Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.

New American Standard Bible
By interrogating him yourself concerning all these matters, you will be able to ascertain the things of which we are accusing him."

New Century Version
And Lysias commanded those who wanted to accuse Paul to come to you.] By asking him questions yourself, you can decide if all these things are true."

Amplified Bible
and ordered his accusers to come before you. By interrogating him yourself concerning all these matters you will be able to determine [the truth about] these things with which we charge him."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
ordering his accusers to come before you.] By examining him yourself concerning all these matters you will be able to ascertain the things of which we accuse him."

Legacy Standard Bible
ordering his accusers to come before you.] By examining him yourself concerning all these matters you will be able to ascertain the things of which we accuse him."

Berean Standard Bible
By examining him yourself, you will be able to learn the truth about all our charges against him."

Complete Jewish Bible
By questioning this man yourself, you will be able to learn all about the things of which we are accusing him."

Darby Translation
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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Commanding his accusers to come to thee: of whom thou mayest (if thou wilt inquire) know all these things whereof we accuse him.

George Lamsa Translation
Then he commanded his accusers to come to you. Now when you question him, you can learn for yourself concerning all these things of which we accuse him.

Good News Translation
If you question this man, you yourself will be able to learn from him all the things that we are accusing him of."

Lexham English Bible
When you yourself examine him you will be able to find out from him about all these things of which we are accusing him."

Literal Translation
commanding his accusers to come to you, from whom you will be able yourself to know, having examined as to all these things of which we accuse him.

American Standard Version
from whom thou wilt be able, by examining him thyself, to take knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him.

Bible in Basic English
And from whom you will be able, by questioning him yourself, to get knowledge of all the things which we say against him.

Hebrew Names Version
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International Standard Version
By examining him for yourself, you will be able to find out from him everything of which we accuse him."Acts 21:33; 23:30;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
and hath sent him unto thee, and commanded his accusers to come to thee; and thou canst by questioning him learn from him concerning all these things of which we accuse him.

Murdock Translation
And he commanded his accusers to come before thee. And if thou wilt interrogate him, thou canst learn from him respecting all these things of which we accuse him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Commaundyng his accusers to come vnto thee: Of whom thou mayest, yf thou wilt enquire, knowe the certayntie of all these thynges, wherof we accuse hym.

English Revised Version
from whom thou wilt be able, by examining him thyself, to take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.

World English Bible
By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Commanding his accusers to come to thee, whereby thou mayst thyself on examination, take knowledge of all these things of which we accuse him.

Weymouth's New Testament
You, however, by examining him, will yourself be able to learn the truth as to all this which we allege against him."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and comaundide hise accuseris to come to thee, of whom thou demynge, maist knowe of alle these thingis, of whiche we accusen hym.

Update Bible Version
from whom you will be able, by examining him yourself, to take knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him.

Webster's Bible Translation
Commanding his accusers to come to thee: by examining whom, thou thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things of which we accuse him.

New English Translation
When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing."

New King James Version
commanding his accusers to come to you. By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him."

New Living Translation
You can find out the truth of our accusations by examining him yourself."

New Life Bible
He told those who wanted to kill him to tell you what they had against him.) When you ask him about these things, you will be able to learn everything we have against him."

New Revised Standard
By examining him yourself you will be able to learn from him concerning everything of which we accuse him."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
from whom thou shall be able, thyself, by making examination concerning all these things, to ascertain the things of which, we, are accusing him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Commanding his accusers to come to thee. Of whom thou mayest thyself, by examination, have knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him.

Revised Standard Version
By examining him yourself you will be able to learn from him about everything of which we accuse him."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
comaundinge his accusars to come vnto the. Of who thou mayst (yf thou wilt enquyre) knowe the certayne of all these thinges where of we accuse him.

Young's Literal Translation
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;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and commaunded his accusers to come vnto the: of whom (yf thou wilt enquyre) thou mayest haue knowlege of all these thinges, wherof we accuse him.

Mace New Testament (1729)
ordering his accusers to appear before you. if you please to interrogate him yourself, you will find the whole charge to be truly laid."

Simplified Cowboy Version
"You'll quickly come to find upon examining him that all we've said is the absolute truth."

Contextual Overview

¹ And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul. ² And when he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: "Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your foresight, most excellent Felix, reforms are being made for this nation, ³ in every way and everywhere we accept this with all gratitude. ⁴ But, to detain you no further, I beg you in your kindness to hear us briefly. ⁵ For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. ⁶ He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him. By examining him yourself you will be able to find out from him about everything of which we accuse him." The Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that all these things were so. And when the governor had nodded to him to speak, Paul replied: "Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense. You can verify that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem, and they did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city. Neither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me. But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets, having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust. So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man. Now after several years I came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings. While I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But some Jews from Asia— they ought to be here before you and to make an accusation, should they have anything against me. Or else let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council, other than this one thing that I cried out while standing among them: ‘It is with respect to the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you this day.'" But Felix, having a rather accurate knowledge of the Way, put them off, saying, "When Lysias the tribune comes down, I will decide your case." Then he gave orders to the centurion that he should be kept in custody but have some liberty, and that none of his friends should be prevented from attending to his needs. After some days Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, and he sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus. And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, "Go away for the present. When I get an opportunity I will summon you." At the same time he hoped that money would be given him by Paul. So he sent for him often and conversed with him. When two years had elapsed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And desiring to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison. ⁷Paul Before Felix at Caesarea And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul. And when he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: "Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your foresight, most excellent Felix, reforms are being made for this nation, in every way and everywhere we accept this with all gratitude. But, to detain you no further, I beg you in your kindness to hear us briefly. For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him. ⁸ By examining him yourself you will be able to find out from him about everything of which we accuse him." ⁹ The Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that all these things were so.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Commanding: Acts 23:30, Acts 23:35, Acts 25:5, Acts 25:15, Acts 25:16

by: Acts 24:19-21

Cross-References

Genesis 24:4
but will go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac."

Genesis 24:6
Abraham said to him, "See to it that you do not take my son back there.

Genesis 24:17
Then the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please give me a little water to drink from your jar."

Genesis 24:20
So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw water, and she drew for all his camels.

Numbers 30:5
But if her father opposes her on the day that he hears of it, no vow of hers, no pledge by which she has bound herself shall stand. And the Lord will forgive her, because her father opposed her.

Numbers 30:8
But if, on the day that her husband comes to hear of it, he opposes her, then he makes void her vow that was on her, and the thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she bound herself. And the Lord will forgive her.

Joshua 9:20
This we will do to them: let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath that we swore to them."

John 8:32
and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

Acts 7:2
And Stephen said: "Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Commanding his accusers to come unto thee,.... But this was not done till after Paul had set forth his case before the people, upon the stairs leading to the castle: and after he had pleaded his own cause before the sanhedrim; and after the chief captain had had intelligence of the Jews lying in wait to kill him: Tertullus would insinuate that the captain was blameworthy, that he hindered a legal process against Paul; and that it was owing to him, that this trouble was given the governor, as well as the high priest and elders, who by his orders came down from Jerusalem to Caesarea; and that had it not been for him this affair might have been finished with more dispatch, and less trouble.

By examining of whom; not the accusers, but either the chief captain, as some think, or rather Paul:

thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him; so impudent was Tertullus, and of such effrontery and assurance, that he feared not to say, that the governor, by examining Paul himself, would easily come to the knowledge of the things he was accused of, and plainly see that he was guilty of them; so that there would be no need of their attestations, or of producing witnesses against him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Commanding his accusers ... - Acts 23:30.

By examining of whom - That is, the Jews who were then present. Tertullus offered 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 he made It is incredible that a Roman rhetorician would have on such an occasion delivered an address so brief, so meagre, 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 24:8. Commanding his accusers to come, c.] Here Tertullus closes his opening and statement of the case and now he proceeds to call and examine his witnesses; and they were no doubt examined one by one, though St. Luke sums the whole up in one word -The Jews also assented, saying, that these things were so. Whoever considers the plan of Tertullus's speech, will perceive that it was both judicious and artful. Let us take a view of the whole:-

1. He praises Felix to conciliate his favour.

2. He generally states the great blessings of his administration.

3. He states that the Jews, throughout the whole land, felt themselves under the greatest obligations to him, and extolled his prudent and beneficent management of the public affairs every where.

4. That the prisoner before him was a very bad man; a disturber of the public peace; a demagogue of a dangerous party; and so lost to all sense of religion as to attempt to profane the temple!

5. That, though he should have been punished on the spot, yet, as they were ordered by the chief captain to appear before him, and show the reason why they had seized on Paul at Jerusalem, they were accordingly come; and, having now exhibited their charges, he would,

6. proceed to examine witnesses, who would prove all these things to the satisfaction of the governor. 7. He then called his witnesses, and their testimony confirmed and substantiated the charges. No bad cause was ever more judiciously and cunningly managed.