Acts 25:19
17 So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.
18 But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.
They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
20 Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
21 But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.”
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
- They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
- KJV
- But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
- WEB
- but had certain questions against him about their own religion and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
- ASV
- but had certain questions against him of their own religion, and of one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
- DARBY
- but had against him certain questions of their own system of worship, and concerning a certain Jesus who is dead, whom Paul affirmed to be living.
- BLB
- But they had certain questions against him concerning [their] own religion and concerning a certain Jesus having been dead, whom Paul was affirming to be alive.
- ÅB
- men de hadde noen stridsspørsmål med ham om sin egen gudsdyrkelse og om en ved navn Jesus, som var død, men som Paulus sa var i live.
- OTB
- Snarere hadde de noen punkter av uenighet med ham om deres egne tro og om Jesus, som var død og som Paulus hevdet var i live.
- B1930
- men de hadde nogen stridsspørsmål med ham om sin egen gudsdyrkelse og om en ved navn Jesus, som var død, men som Paulus sa var i live.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 23:29
I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
Read in contextActs 18:15
But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:3–4
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
Read in contextActs 25:7
When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:14–20
And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.
Read in contextRevelation 1:18
the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
Read in contextActs 17:22–23
Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.
Read in contextActs 2:32
God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
Read in context