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Acts 24:7 in context
Acts 24:4–10
4
But that I don’t delay you, I entreat you to bear with us and hear a few words.
5
For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
6
He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him.
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8
By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him.”
9
The Jews also joined in the attack, affirming that these things were so.
10
When the governor had beckoned to him to speak, Paul answered, “Because I know that you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I cheerfully make my defense,
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- TR adds “but the commanding officer, Lysias, came by and with great violence took him out of our hands,”
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