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Acts 24:18

Asia

16 In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.

17 After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.

At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia

19 who ought to appear before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.

20 Otherwise, let these men state for themselves any crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,

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BSB
At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia
KJV
Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
WEB
amid which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a mob, nor with turmoil.
ASV
amidst which they found me purified in the temple, with no crowd, nor yet with tumult: but [there were] certain Jews from Asia--
DARBY
Whereupon they found me purified in the temple, with neither crowd nor tumult. But it was certain Jews from Asia,
BLB
during which they found me purified in the temple, not with a crowd nor with an uproar. But [there are] some Jews from Asia
ÅB
og under dette fant de meg i templet, etter at jeg hadde renset meg, uten oppløp og uten oppstyr; men det var noen jøder fra Asia,
OTB
Jeg var seremonielt ren da de fant meg i tempelgårdene mens jeg gjorde dette, uten noen folkemengde eller uro. Men det var noen jøder fra Asia—
B1930
og under dette fant de mig i templet, efterat jeg hadde renset mig, uten opløp og uten opstyr; men det var nogen jøder fra Asia,

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Cross references

  • Acts 26:21

    For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.

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  • Acts 21:26–30

    So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.

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  • Acts 24:12

    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.

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