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Acts 24:9

7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,

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

And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.

10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:

11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.

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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.

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BSB
The Jews concurred, asserting that these charges were true.
KJV
And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
WEB
The Jews also joined in the attack, affirming that these things were so.
ASV
And the Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that these things were so.
DARBY
And the Jews also joined in pressing the matter against [Paul], saying that these things were so.
BLB
And the Jews also agreed, declaring these things to be so.
ÅB
Men også jødene holdt med ham og sa at så var det.
OTB
De andre jødene sluttet seg til anklagen og bekreftet at dette var sant.
B1930
Men også jødene holdt med ham og sa at så var det.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:16

    Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

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  • Micah 7:2–3

    The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

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  • Matthew 26:59–60

    Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

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  • Psalms 4:2

    O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

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  • Isaiah 59:4–7

    None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

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  • Micah 6:12–13

    For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

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  • Psalms 64:2–8

    Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

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  • John 8:44

    Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

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