Acts 24:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 25:8 : 8 Paul said in his defense,“I have committed no offense against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.”
  • Acts 28:17 : 17 Paul Addresses the Jewish Community in Rome After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them,“Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.
  • Acts 24:18 : 18 which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.
  • Acts 24:5 : 5 For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

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  • 82%

    13 nor can they prove to you the things they are accusing me of doing.

    14 But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way(which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.

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    17 After several years I came to bring to my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings,

    18 which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.

    19 But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.

    20 Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,

    21 other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them:‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”

  • 11 As you can verify for yourself, not more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

  • 14 and said to them,“You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.

  • Acts 6:12-13
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    12 They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

    13 They brought forward false witnesses who said,“This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.

  • 49 Day after day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that the scriptures would be fulfilled.”

  • 8 Paul said in his defense,“I have committed no offense against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.”

  • 21 They replied,“We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.

  • 20 (Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)

  • 21 For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.

  • Acts 24:5-6
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    5 For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

    6 He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him.

  • 55 At that moment Jesus said to the crowd,“Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

  • 5 But they said,“Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”

  • 40 For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering.”

  • 8 They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

  • 20 Jesus replied,“I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where all the Jewish people assemble together. I have said nothing in secret.

  • Acts 5:22-24
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    22 But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,

    23 “We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

    24 Now when the commander of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be.

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    28 Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.

    29 I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.

  • 53 and were continually in the temple courts blessing God.

  • 17 So he was addressing the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles in the synagogue, and in the marketplace every day those who happened to be there.

  • 2 For they said,“Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”

  • 11 But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,

  • Luke 2:45-46
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    45 When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.

    46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

  • 37 For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.

  • 6 When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming,“These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,

  • Luke 23:4-5
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    4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds,“I find no basis for an accusation against this man.”

    5 But they persisted in saying,“He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!”

  • 48 but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.

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    18 and saw the Lord saying to me,‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

    19 I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.

  • 33 So they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. They found the eleven and those with them gathered together

  • 53 Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, you did not arrest me. But this is your hour, and that of the power of darkness!”

  • 20 When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews

  • 17 Paul Addresses the Jewish Community in Rome After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them,“Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.

  • 19 But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar– not that I had some charge to bring against my own people.

  • 12 “While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests,

  • 9 There was a great commotion, and some experts in the law from the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly,“We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

  • 27 When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,