Acts 24:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me. ”

Acts 24:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who ought to have been here ... - They were the proper witnesses, and as they had staid away it showed that they were not prepared to undergo a strict examination. They alone could testify as to...
Acts 24:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Speech. Paul does not speak till the procurator invites him to do so, according to the necessary order of all judicial proceedings. His speech is not quite so fine as that of Tertullus, yet...
Acts 24:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

before . Greek. epi . App-104. object . accuse, as in Acts 24:2 .
Acts 24:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 19. Certain Jews. This is an imperfect speech; yet the sense is plain, that these men of Asia, as it should seem, had caused a tumult without cause, of whose absence he complaineth; as if...
Acts 24:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.
Acts 24:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me. Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me. If these Asiatic Jews had...
Acts 24:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul before felix 1-27. St Paul and Felix. 1. Tertullus] in spite of his Roman name may have been a Greek or even a Jew (cp.'our Law,' AV Acts 24:6 ).
Acts 24:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Who ought to have been here before thee. — The originators of the disturbance shrank from the consequences of their actions, and either remained at Jerusalem or else started on their homeward journ...
Acts 24:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Trembling but Venal Judge Acts 24:17-27 The case had broken down. Paul's statement of faith and the absence of confirmatory evidence directly contradicted the only charge against him. Felix d...
Acts 24:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Tertullus, who appeared here, was a Roman barrister, it being necessary for the Jews to employ such in presenting their cases before a Roman tribunal. The charges he made were palpably false. His des...
Acts 24:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself...
Acts 24:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who ought to have been here before thee ,.... For they were the only persons who saw him in the temple, and what he was doing; and who by an hideous outcry raised a mob upon him, who took things upo...
Acts 24:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me. Ver. 19. Who ought to have been here before thee ] For those that are here to accuse me, speak but by hearsay, w...
Acts 24:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now after many years , &c. They have represented me as a profane and lawless person, as if I had thrown contempt upon religion, and done them a great deal of wrong; but so far have I been from d...
Acts 24:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Jews did not delay long just taking enough time (5 days) to make plans by which to influence Felix against Paul. The high priest and elders of the people came down, bringing with them an orator n...
Acts 24:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Third Defence. 10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou...
Acts 24:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Who ought to have been here; the Jews of Asia, who had caused all this stir, having seen Trophimus with Paul in the streets of Jerusalem, and maliciously presuming that he had brought him into the...
Acts 24:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

In fact the source of the accusations against him were certain Jews from Asia. It was they who, as his original accusers, should have been there if they really had anything to accuse him of (that was...
Acts 24:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 24:10 . Many years meant about six or seven, since Felix became procurator about A.D. 52 or 53 (Jos., Ant. , XX. Acts 7:1 ). Before his elevation to the procuratorship o...
Acts 24:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 24:1 . After five days, Ananias descended with the elders; to intimidate the governor, and ensure the destruction of Paul, as they had done with Pilate in regard of the Saviour. They lost no...
Acts 24:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered. Paul’s defence before Felix Note-- I. The Christianity of old Judaism. The apostle-- 1. Worshipped the Jews’ G...
Acts 24:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 24:1 The high priest Ananias came down for Ananias the high priest descended, A.V.; certain elders for the elders, A.V. and T.R.; an orator, one Tertullus for a c...
Acts 24:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The conclusion of Paul's defense:
Acts 24:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 23:30 ; Acts 25:16
Acts 24:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Who ought to have been present before thee — But the world never commit greater blunders, even against its own laws, than when it is persecuting the children of God.

Acts 24:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 24:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 24:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 24:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 24:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 24:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 24:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 24:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 24:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 24:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 24:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 24:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 24:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 24:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 24:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 24:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 24:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 24:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 24:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 24:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 24:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 24:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 24:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 24:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 24:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes