Verse 6
Acts 24:6
Geneva Bible
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And hath gone about to pollute the Temple: therefore wee tooke him, and woulde haue iudged him according to our Lawe:
Original Language Text
greek
ὃς καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν ἐπείρασεν βεβηλῶσαι, ὃν καὶ ⸀ἐκρατήσαμεν,
English Translation
Who also attempted to desecrate the sanctuary, whom we also restrained.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 24 Context
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Now after fiue dayes, Ananias the hie Priest came downe with the Elders, and with Tertullus a certai...
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And when he was called foorth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that we haue obtained g...
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We acknowledge it wholy, and in all places most noble Felix, with all thankes,
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But that I be not tedious vnto thee, I pray thee, that thou wouldest heare vs of thy courtesie a few...
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Certainely we haue found this man a pestilent fellowe, and a moouer of sedition among all the Iewes...
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And hath gone about to pollute the Temple: therefore wee tooke him, and woulde haue iudged him accor...
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But the chiefe captaine Lysias came vpon vs, and with great violence tooke him out of our handes,
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Commanding his accusers to come to thee: of whom thou mayest (if thou wilt inquire) know all these t...
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And the Iewes likewise affirmed, saying that it was so.
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Then Paul, after that the gouernour had beckened vnto him that hee shoulde speake, answered, I do th...
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Seeing that thou mayest knowe, that there are but twelue dayes since I came vp to worship in Hierusa...
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And they neither found mee in the Temple disputing with any man, neither making vproare among the pe...
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Neither can they proue the things, whereof they now accuse me.
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But this I confesse vnto thee, that after the way (which they call heresie) so worship I the God (El...
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And haue hope towardes God (Elohim), that the resurrection of the dead, which they themselues looke...
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And herein I endeuour my selfe to haue alway a cleare conscience towarde God (Elohim), and toward me...
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Now after many yeres, I came and brought almes to my nation and offerings.
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At what time, certaine Iewes of Asia founde mee purified in the Temple, neither with multitude, nor...
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Who ought to haue bene present before thee, and accuse me, if they had ought against me.
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Or let these themselues say, if they haue found any vniust thing in mee, while I stoode in the Counc...
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Except it be for this one voyce, that I cried standing among them, Of the resurrection of the dead a...
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Nowe when Felix heard these things, he deferred them, and said, When I shall more perfectly know the...
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Then hee commanded a Centurion to keepe Paul, and that he should haue ease, and that he should forbi...
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And after certaine dayes, came Felix with his wife Drusilla, which was a Iewesse, and he called foor...
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And as he disputed of righteousnes and temperance, and of the iudgement to come, Felix trembled, and...
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Hee hoped also that money shoulde haue bene giuen him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he...
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When two yeeres were expired, Porcius Festus came into Felix roume: and Felix willing to get fauour...
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