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Acts 24:17 KJV
Acts · chapter 24 · verse 17
Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.Acts 24:17 · King James Version
Acts 24:17 in context
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.
19Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- nationethnosa multitude associated or living together, a company, troop, swarm, a multitude of…G1484 →
- afterdiathrough, of place, with, in, of time, throughout, during, of means, by, by the means of…G1223 →
- yearsetosyearG2094 →
- bringpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- manypleiōngreater in quantity, the more part, very many, greater in quality, superior, more…G4119 →
- cameparaginomaito be present, to come near, approach, to come forth, make one's public appearanceG3854 →
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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