Acts 24:20

Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
else	ἢ ē	G2228	disjunctive · conjunction
let	εἰπάτωσαν eipatōsan	G2036	to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active imperative, 3rd person plural
these	οὗτοι houtoi	G3778	the he (she or it) · demonstrative pronoun — nominative plural masculine
same	αὐτοὶ autoi	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — nominative plural masculine
say	ἔπω épō	G2036	to speak or say (by word or writing)
if	εἰ ei	G1487	if
found	εὗρον heuron	G2147	to find (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural
any	τὶς tìs	G5100	some or any person or object
doing	ἀδίκημα adikēma	G92	a wrong done · noun — accusative singular neuter
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in
me	ἐμοί emoí	G1698	to me
I	μοῦ moû	G3450	of me
stood	στάντος stantos	G2476	to stand (transitively or intransitively) · verb — second aorist active participle, genitive singular masculine
before	ἐπὶ epi	G1909	properly · preposition
council	συνεδρίου, sunedriou	G4892	a joint session · noun — genitive singular neuter

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 24:10-21

We have here Paul's defence of himself, in answer to Tertullus's charge, and there appears in it a great deal of the spirit of wisdom and holiness, and an accomplishment of Christ's promise to his followers that when they were before governors and kings, for his sake, it should be given them in that same hour what they should speak. Though Tertullus had said a great many provoking things, yet Paul did not interrupt him, but let him go on to the end of his speech, according to the rules of decency and the method in courts of justice, that the plaintiff be allowed to finish his evidence before the defendant begins his plea. And when he had done, he did not presently fly out into passionate exc…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 24:20

Or else let these . . . here say--"Or, passing from all that preceded my trial, let those of the Sanhedrim here present say if I was guilty of aught there." No doubt his hasty speech to the high priest might occur to them, but the provocation to it on his own part was more than they would be willing to recall.

Adam Clarke on Acts 24:20

Any evil doing in me while I stood before the council - The Jews of Asia, the most competent witnesses, though my declared enemies, and they who stirred up the persecution against me, should have been here: why are they kept back? Because they could prove nothing against me. Let these, therefore, who are here, depose, if they have found any evil in me, or proved against me, by my most virulent adversaries, when examined before them in their council at Jerusalem.

John Gill on Acts 24:20

Or else let these same here say,.... They that are present, the high priest and the elders, who were come down to accuse him: if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council; or "Jewish sanhedrim"; when he was brought before them by the chief captain, Acts 22:30 meaning, if any evil was then done by him, or any iniquity proved upon him, let it be declared; for as for his imprecation, or prophecy, that God would smite the high priest, he excused himself on that head, as not knowing it was the high priest.

The Church Fathers

Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me while I stood before the council, except it be for this one voice, that I cried, standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day. For this is justification in superabundance, not to flee from his accusers, but to be ready to give account to all. Of the resurrection of the dead, says he, am I this day called in question. And not a word said he of what he had to say, how they had conspired against him, had violently kept him, had laid wait for him - for these matters are of course spoken of by the tribune - but by Paul, though there was danger, not so: no, he is silent, and only defends himself, though he had very much to say. In which alms, says he, they found me in course of purifying in the Temple. Then how did he profane it? For it was not the part of the same man both to purify himself and worship and come for this purpose, and then to profane it.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 50

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Dictionary and topics

Defense · Of PaulAc 22; — Of PaulAc 22;
Self-Defense · 23:3; — 23:3;

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 24:20

Word by word — the Greek

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 24:10-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 24:20

Adam Clarke on Acts 24:20

John Gill on Acts 24:20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Acts 24:20

Word by word — the Greek

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 24:10-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 24:20

Adam Clarke on Acts 24:20

John Gill on Acts 24:20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Acts 24:10-21

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 24:17