Acts 24:14
12 Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
13 Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.
I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
15 and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
16 In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
- KJV
- But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
- WEB
- But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
- ASV
- But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
- DARBY
- But this I avow to thee, that in the way which they call sect, so I serve my fathers' God, believing all things which are written throughout the law, and in the prophets;
- BLB
- But I confess this to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things throughout the Law and that have been written in the Prophets,
- ÅB
- Men det vedgår jeg for deg at etter den Guds vei som de kaller en sekt-lære, tjener jeg så mine fedres Gud at jeg tror alt det som er skrevet i loven og i profetene,
- OTB
- Men jeg bekjenner at jeg tilber våre forfedres Gud i samsvar med Veien, som de kaller en sekt. Jeg tror på alt som er i samsvar med Loven og skrevet i Profetene,
- B1930
- Men det vedgår jeg for dig at efter den Guds vei som de kaller en sekt-lære, tjener jeg så mine fedres Gud at jeg tror alt det som er skrevet i loven og i profetene,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 9:2
and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
Read in contextRomans 3:21
But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.
Read in contextActs 3:13
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
Read in contextActs 28:23
So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
Read in contextActs 24:5
We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
Read in contextActs 26:22
But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
Read in context2 Timothy 1:3
I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.
Read in contextActs 13:15
After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”
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