Episodes

Monday, 5 February 2024 “But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets. Acts 24:14 The words are more literal...

Sunday, 4 February 2024 “Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me. Acts 24:13 Paul just said to Felix that he was neither found in the temple disputing with anyone nor inciting a crowd. He then added that this was true in the syn...

Saturday, 3 February 2024 “And they neither found me in the temple disputing with anyone nor inciting the crowd, either in the synagogues or in the city. Acts 24:12 A more literal translation is, “And neither found me disputing with anyone in the...

Friday, 2 February 2024 “because you may ascertain that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship. Acts 24:11 More literally, the verse reads, “You, being able to know that there are not to me more than twelve days fr...

Thursday, 1 February 2024 Then Paul, after the governor had nodded to him to speak, answered: “Inasmuch as I know that you have been for many years a judge of this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself, Acts 24:10 A literal translati...

Wednesday, 31 January 2024 And the Jews also assented, maintaining that these things were so. Acts 24:9 The previous verse completed Tertullus' words to Felix. With that, it next says, “And the Jews also assented.” They agreed either collective...

Tuesday, 30 January 2024 “commanding his accusers to come to you. By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him.” Acts 24:8 A literal translation, even if a bit clunky, is, “having commanded his accusers to c...

Monday, 29 January 2024 “But the commander Lysias came by and with great violence took him out of our hands, Acts 24:7 A better rendering of the Greek is, “And Lysias, the commander, having come with great force, led away out of our hands” (CG). ...

Sunday, 28 January 2024 “He even tried to profane the temple, and we seized him, and wanted to judge him according to our law. Acts 24:6 In the previous verse, Tertullus began to list the accusations against Paul, saying he was a plague, a creato...

Saturday, 27 January 2024 “For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. Acts 24:5 The words are more literally rendered, “For we have found th...

Friday, 26 January 2024 Nevertheless, not to be tedious to you any further, I beg you to hear, by your courtesy, a few words from us. Acts 24:4 The words more literally read, “And so not upon you further I should hinder, I implore you to hear us ...

Thursday, 25 January 2024 “we accept it always and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. Acts 24:3 The Greek more literally reads, “Both entirely and everywhere we welcome, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness” (CG). In...

Wednesday, 24 January 2024 And when he was called upon, Tertullus began his accusation, saying: “Seeing that through you we enjoy great peace, and prosperity is being brought to this nation by your foresight, Acts 24:2 A literal translation is, “...

Tuesday, 23 January 2024 Now after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and a certain orator named Tertullus. These gave evidence to the governor against Paul. Acts 24:1 Chapter 24 enters into the hearing that Felix promise...

Monday, 22 January 2024 he said, “I will hear you when your accusers also have come.” And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s Praetorium. Acts 23:35 The Greek more literally reads, “‘I will thoroughly hear you, he said, when your accusers also...

Sunday, 21 January 2024 And when the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. And when he understood that he was from Cilicia, Acts 23:34 In the Greek, the words are full of participles, and the sentence remains incomplete until ...

Saturday, 20 January 2024 When they came to Caesarea and had delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.  Acts 23:33 More literally, the words read, “Who, having entered into Caesarea, and having delivered the letter to...

Friday, 19 January 2024 The next day they left the horsemen to go on with him, and returned to the barracks. Acts 23:32 More literally, the words read, “And the morrow, having allowed the horsemen to go with him, they returned to the barracks” (C...

Thursday, 18 January 2024 Then the soldiers, as they were commanded, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. Acts 23:31 A more literal rendering is, “Then, indeed, the soldiers according to that having been appointed them, having taken ...

Wednesday, 17 January 2024 And when it was told me that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him immediately to you, and also commanded his accusers to state before you the charges against him. Farewell. Acts 23:30 The Greek, though a bit clu...

Tuesday, 16 January 2024 I found out that he was accused concerning questions of their law, but had nothing charged against him deserving of death or chains. Acts 23:29 The tense of the verbs needs tweaking. The Greek reads, “Whom I found being a...

Monday, 15 January 2024 And when I wanted to know the reason they accused him, I brought him before their council. Acts 23:28 The words more literally say, “And desiring to know the charge through which they accused him, I brought him down to the...

Sunday, 14 January 2024 This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them. Coming with the troops I rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman. Acts 23:27 The words are filled with participles, excitedly filling the statemen...

Saturday, 13 January 2024 Claudius Lysias,To the most excellent governor Felix:Greetings. Acts 23:26 The narrative previously noted that the commander wrote a letter to Felix, the governor. The introductory salutation of that letter now begins, ...