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New Living Translation

Acts 24:8

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Advocate;   Readings, Select;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Courts of Justice;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caesarea;   Felix;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Accuser;   Tertullus;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Acts of the Apostles;   Tertullus;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Oration, Orator;   Tertullus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Justice;   Latin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Answer;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Felix ;   48 To Know, Perceive, Understand;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Tertullus;  

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.
English Standard Version
By examining him yourself you will be able to find out from him about everything of which 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 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 Five days later Ananias, the high priest, arrived with some of the Jewish elders and the lawyer Tertullus, to present their case against Paul to the governor. 2 When Paul was called in, Tertullus presented the charges against Paul in the following address to the governor: "You have provided a long period of peace for us Jews and with foresight have enacted reforms for us. 3 For all of this, Your Excellency, we are very grateful to you. 4 But I don't want to bore you, so please give me your attention for only a moment. 5 We have found this man to be a troublemaker who is constantly stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the cult known as the Nazarenes. 6 Furthermore, he was trying to desecrate the Temple when we arrested him. 7 8 You can find out the truth of our accusations by examining him yourself." 9 Then the other Jews chimed in, declaring that everything Tertullus said was true.

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
Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac."
Genesis 24:6
"No!" Abraham responded. "Be careful never to take my son there.
Genesis 24:17
Running over to her, the servant said, "Please give me a little drink of water from your jug."
Genesis 24:20
So she quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw water for all his camels.
Numbers 30:5
But if her father refuses to let her fulfill the vow or pledge on the day he hears of it, then all her vows and pledges will become invalid. The Lord will forgive her because her father would not let her fulfill them.
Numbers 30:8
But if her husband refuses to accept her vow or impulsive pledge on the day he hears of it, he nullifies her commitments, and the Lord will forgive her.
Joshua 9:20
This is what we must do. We must let them live, for divine anger would come upon us if we broke our oath.
John 8:32
And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
Acts 7:2
This was Stephen's reply: "Brothers and fathers, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Mesopotamia before he settled 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.


 
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