Acts 24:4
2 When Paul had been called in, Tertullus opened the prosecution: “Because of you, we have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this nation.
3 In every way and everywhere, most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this with all gratitude.
But in order not to burden you any further, I beg your indulgence to hear us briefly.
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,
6 and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.
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
- But in order not to burden you any further, I beg your indulgence to hear us briefly.
- KJV
- Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.
- WEB
- But that I don’t delay you, I entreat you to bear with us and hear a few words.
- ASV
- But, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I entreat thee to hear us of thy clemency a few words.
- DARBY
- But that I may not too much intrude on thy time, I beseech thee to hear us briefly in thy kindness.
- BLB
- But so that I should not be a hindrance to you any longer, I implore you to hear us briefly [in] your kindness.
- ÅB
- Men for at jeg ikke skal hefte deg for lenge, ber jeg deg at du etter din mildhet vil høre på noen få ord av oss.
- OTB
- Men for ikke å trette deg ytterligere, ber jeg om at du hører oss kort, av din vennlighet.
- B1930
- Men forat jeg ikke skal hefte dig for lenge, ber jeg dig at du efter din mildhet vil høre på nogen få ord av oss.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 11:32
And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
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