Acts 23:29

Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Whom	ὃν hon	G3739	the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun · relative pronoun — accusative singular masculine
perceived	εὗρον heuron	G2147	to find (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 1st person singular
accused	ἐγκαλούμενον egkaloumenon	G1458	to call in (as a debt or demand) · verb — present passive participle, accusative singular masculine
of	περὶ peri	G4012	properly · preposition
questions	ζητημάτων zētēmatōn	G2213	a search (properly concretely) · noun — genitive plural neuter
their	αὐτῶν, autōn	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive plural masculine
law	νόμου nomou	G3551	law (through the idea of prescriptive usage) · noun — genitive singular masculine
but	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
have	ἔχοντα echonta	G2192	to hold (used in very various applications · verb — present active participle, accusative singular masculine
nothing	μηδὲν mēden	G3367	not even one (man · adjective — accusative singular neuter, negative
charge	ἔγκλημα. egklēma	G1462	an accusation · noun — accusative singular neuter
worthy	ἄξιον axion	G514	deserving · adjective — accusative singular neuter
death	θανάτου thanatou	G2288	(properly · noun — genitive singular masculine
or	ἢ ē	G2228	disjunctive · conjunction
bonds	δεσμῶν desmōn	G1199	a band · noun — genitive plural masculine

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Cross-references

Acts 26:31 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
Acts 18:15 But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
Acts 25:25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him…
Acts 25:7-8 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which t…
Acts 25:11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof thes…
Acts 25:19-20 But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
Acts 28:18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
Acts 23:6-9 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pha…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 23:12–end

We have here the story of a plot against the life of Paul; how it was laid, how it was discovered, and how it was defeated. I. How this plot was laid. They found they could gain nothing by popular tumult, or legal process, and therefore have a recourse to the barbarous method of assassination; they will come upon him suddenly, and stab him, if they can but get him within their reach. So restless is their malice against this good man that, when one design fails, they will turn another stone. Now observe here, 1. Who they were that formed this conspiracy. They were certain Jews that had the utmost degree of indignation against him because he was the apostle of the Gentiles, Act 23:12. And they…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 23:29

perceived to be accused of questions of their law, &c.--Amidst all his difficulty in getting at the charges laid against Paul, enough, no doubt, come out to satisfy him that the whole was a question of religion, and that there was no case for a civil tribunal.

Adam Clarke on Acts 23:25

He wrote a letter after this manner - It appears that this was not only the substance of the letter, but the letter itself: the whole of it is so perfectly formal as to prove this; and in this simple manner are all the letters of the ancients formed. In this also we have an additional proof of St. Luke's accuracy.

John Gill on Acts 23:29

Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law,.... As about the resurrection of the dead, and a future state, which some in the council denied, and some asserted, which with this heathen man were idle and foolish questions; or about the defiling of the temple, and speaking contemptibly of the law of Moses, the people of the Jews, and the holy place, which was the cry of the populace against him, and were things the captain knew little of: but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death, or of bonds: by the laws of the Romans; and yet he himself had bound him with two chains at the first taking of him, and afterwards ordered him to be bound with thongs, and scourged, of whi…

Dictionary and topics

Caesarea · By Roman — By Roman
Change Of Venue · Granted Paul — Granted Paul
Claudius Lysius · Sends Paul to Felix — Sends Paul to Felix
Felix · Paul tried before — Paul tried before
Letters · Claudius Lysias to Felix — Claudius Lysias to Felix

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Acts 23:29

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 23:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 23:29

Adam Clarke on Acts 23:25

John Gill on Acts 23:29

Dictionary and topics

Acts 23:29

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 23:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 23:29

Adam Clarke on Acts 23:25

John Gill on Acts 23:29

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Acts 23:25–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 23:26-30