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Acts 24:16 KJV
Acts · chapter 24 · verse 16
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.Acts 24:16 · King James Version
Acts 24:16 in context
14But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
15And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
16And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
17Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
18Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
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Key words (Strong's)
- consciencesyneidēsisthe consciousness of anything, the soul as distinguishing between what is morally good…G4893 →
- exerciseaskeōto form by art, to adorn, to exercise self, take pains, labour, striveG778 →
- offenceaproskoposhaving nothing to strike against, not causing to stumble, of a smooth road, metaph. of…G677 →
- hereinenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- hereintoutōto this oneG5129 →
- myselfautoshimself, herself, themselves, itself, he, she, it, the sameG846 →
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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…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-21