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Acts 24:19 KJV
Acts · chapter 24 · verse 19
Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.Acts 24:19 · King James Version
Acts 24:19 in context
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.
20Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
21Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- againstprosto the advantage of, at, near, by, to, towards, with, with regard toG4314 →
- beforeepiupon, on, at, by, before, of position, on, at, by, over, against, to, over, on, at…G1909 →
- objectkatēgoreōto accuse, before a judge to make an accusation, of an extra-judicial accusationG2723 →
- oughtdeiit is necessary, there is need of, it behooves, is right and proper, necessity lying in…G1163 →
- oughtei tiswhoever, whateverG1536 →
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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