Acts 24:1

Webster's Bible (1833)

After five days, the high priest, Ananias, came down with certain elders and an orator, one Tertullus. They informed the governor against Paul.

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  • Acts 23:2 : 2 The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
  • Acts 24:11 : 11 seeing that you can recognize that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.
  • Acts 25:2 : 2 Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,
  • Acts 23:24 : 24 He asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.
  • Acts 23:30 : 30 When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell."
  • Acts 23:35 : 35 "I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive." He commanded that he be kept in Herod's palace.
  • Acts 21:27 : 27 When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,
  • Ps 11:2 : 2 For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
  • Isa 3:3 : 3 The captain of fifty, The honorable man, The counselor, The skilled craftsman, And the clever enchanter.
  • Acts 12:21 : 21 On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.
  • Acts 25:15 : 15 about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a sentence against him.
  • 1 Cor 2:1 : 1 When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
  • 1 Cor 2:4 : 4 My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

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  • Acts 24:2
    80%

    2When he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, "Seeing that by you we enjoy much peace, and that excellent measures are coming to this nation,

  • Acts 25:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

    2Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,

  • Acts 25:13-15
    3 verses
    75%

    13Now when some days had passed, Agrippa the King and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and greeted Festus.

    14As he stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, "There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;

    15about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a sentence against him.

  • Acts 25:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5"Let them therefore," said he, "that are in power among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him."

    6When he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.

    7When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove,

  • Acts 22:30
    72%

    30But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

  • Acts 28:17
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    17It happened that after three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

  • Acts 25:23
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    23So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

  • Acts 23:2
    71%

    2The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

  • Acts 24:10-11
    2 verses
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    10When 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,

    11seeing that you can recognize that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.

  • Acts 23:15
    71%

    15Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near."

  • Acts 23:33
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    33When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

  • Acts 5:27
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    27When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

  • Acts 23:19-20
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    70%

    19The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?"

    20He said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though intending to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him.

  • Acts 24:6-8
    3 verses
    70%

    6He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him.{TR adds "We wanted to judge him according to our law,"}

    7{TR adds "but the commanding officer, Lysias, came by and with great violence took him out of our hands,"}

    8{TR adds "commanding his accusers to come to you."}By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him."

  • Acts 24:17-21
    5 verses
    70%

    17Now after some years, I came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation, and offerings;

    18amid which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a mob, nor with turmoil.

    19They ought to have been here before you, and to make accusation, if they had anything against me.

    20Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,

    21unless it is for this one thing that I cried standing among them, 'Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged before you today!'"

  • Acts 24:24
    69%

    24But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.

  • Acts 25:17-18
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    69%

    17When therefore they had come together here, I didn't delay, but on the next day sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought.

    18Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such things as I supposed;

  • Acts 26:30
    69%

    30The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.

  • Acts 4:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5It happened in the morning, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

    6Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.

  • Acts 24:27
    69%

    27But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.

  • Acts 23:30-31
    2 verses
    69%

    30When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell."

    31So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

  • Acts 21:27-28
    2 verses
    68%

    27When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

    28crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!"

  • John 18:24
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    24Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.

  • Acts 18:12
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    12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

  • Acts 23:26
    68%

    26"Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.

  • Acts 22:1
    68%

    1"Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you."

  • Acts 5:21
    68%

    21When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

  • Acts 13:7
    68%

    7who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

  • Acts 23:4-5
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    4Those who stood by said, "Do you malign God's high priest?"

    5Paul said, "I didn't know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'"

  • Acts 23:9
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    9A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees part stood up, and contended, saying, "We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let's not fight against God!"

  • Acts 22:12
    67%

    12One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

  • Acts 4:1
    67%

    1As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,