Verse 4
Acts 24:4
English Revised Version
4
But, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I entreat thee to hear us of thy clemency a few words.
Original Language Text
greek
ἵνα δὲ μὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖόν σε ἐγκόπτω, παρακαλῶ ἀκοῦσαί σε ἡμῶν συντόμως τῇ σῇ ἐπιεικείᾳ.
English Translation
But that I may not burden you further, I request that you hear us briefly in your kindness.
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Chapter 24 Context
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And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with certain elders, and with an orator, one T...
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And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy much pea...
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we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.
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But, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I entreat thee to hear us of thy clemency a few words.
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For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throu...
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who moreover assayed to profane the temple: on whom also we laid hold:
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from whom thou wilt be able, by examining him thyself, to take knowledge of all these things, whereo...
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And the Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that these things were so.
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And when the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, Paul answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou h...
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seeing that thou canst take knowledge, that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worsh...
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and neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any man or stirring up a crowd, nor in the...
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But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God (Elohim)...
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having hope toward God (Elohim), which these also themselves look for, that there shall be a resurre...
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Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings:
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amidst which they found me purified in the temple, with no crowd, nor yet with tumult: but there wer...
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who ought to have been here before thee, and to make accusation, if they had aught against me.
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Or else let these men themselves say what wrong-doing they found, when I stood before the council,
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except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the...
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But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, When Lysias the ch...
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And he gave order to the centurion that he should be kept in charge, and should have indulgence; and...
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But after certain days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, which was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, a...
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And as he reasoned of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified,...
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He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, a...
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But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and desiring to gain favou...
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