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Jan. 17, 2024

Acts 23:30

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...

Jan. 18, 2024

Acts 23:31

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 ...

Jan. 19, 2024

Acts 23:32

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...

Jan. 20, 2024

Acts 23:33

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...

Jan. 21, 2024

Acts 23:34

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 ...

Jan. 22, 2024

Acts 23:35

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...

Jan. 23, 2024

Acts 24:1

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...

Jan. 24, 2024

Acts 24:2

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, “...

Jan. 25, 2024

Acts 24:3

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...

Jan. 26, 2024

Acts 24:4

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 ...

Jan. 27, 2024

Acts 24:5

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...

Jan. 28, 2024

Acts 24:6

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...

Jan. 29, 2024

Acts 24:7

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). ...

Jan. 30, 2024

Acts 24:8

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...

Jan. 31, 2024

Acts 24:9

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...

Feb. 1, 2024

Acts 24:10

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...

Feb. 2, 2024

Acts 24:11

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...

Feb. 3, 2024

Acts 24:12

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...

Feb. 4, 2024

Acts 24:13

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...

Feb. 5, 2024

Acts 24:14

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...

Feb. 6, 2024

Acts 24:15

Tuesday, 6 February 2024 “I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust. Acts 24:15 Note: You can listen to today’s commentary courtesy of our friends at “Bi...

Feb. 7, 2024

Acts 24:16

Wednesday, 7 February 2024 “This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men. Acts 24:16 More precisely, the text reads, “And in this, I train myself to have an inoffensive conscience toward God and me...

Feb. 8, 2024

Acts 24:17

Thursday, 8 February 2024 “Now after many years I came to bring alms and offerings to my nation, Acts 24:17 More literally, the Greek reads, “And through many years, I arrived to bring alms to my nation, and offerings” (CG). Paul just said to F...

Feb. 9, 2024

Acts 24:18

Friday, 9 February 2024 “in the midst of which some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with a mob nor with tumult. Acts 24:18 The verse is incomplete without the next verse. For now, a more literal rendering is, “In which the...