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ButδὲsomeτινὲςJewsἸουδαῖοιfromἀπὸAsia —τῆς Ἀσίαςtheyοὓςoughtἔδειto be presentπαρεῖναιbeforeἐπὶyouσοῦandκαὶto make accusation,κατηγορεῖνifεἴthey hadἔχοιενanythingτιagainstπρὸςme.ἐμέ
Acts 24:19
Study it in the app“But some Jews from Asia — they ought to be present before you and to make accusation, if they had anything against me.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 24:19, word by word
- JewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioi
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaioi” appears- Asia —ἈσίαςAsias
Asia
See it on the mapWhere else “Asias” appears- oughtἔδειedei
must
Something that has to be done.
Where else “edei” appears- to be presentπαρεῖναιpareinai
be present
To be in person in the same place as others.
Where else “pareinai” appears- to make accusationκατηγορεῖνkatēgorein
accuse
Accuse.
Where else “katēgorein” appears- they hadἔχοιενechoien
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echoien” appears
Translation note
In Greek the sentence is left unfinished: Paul points out that his real accusers have not come.
Places in this verse
Asia
Today: western Turkey (western Anatolia)
A Roman province in what is now western Turkey, with Ephesus as its main city.
Paul taught two years in Ephesus, and everyone in the province heard the word of the Lord (Acts 19:10). The seven assemblies of Revelation were there (Rev 1:4).
The context
18in which they found me purified in the temple, not with a crowd nor with uproar.
19 · This verse (above)
20Or let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council,
To study Acts 24 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul talk about with Felix and Drusilla, and how does Felix react? (vv. 24-25)
2. What it means
Felix says, "When I get an opportunity, I will summon you" (v. 25). What does this show about how we sometimes put off what matters?
3. How I live it
What important matter have you been leaving for "when I have time"? What small step could you take today?