And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
Ver. 12. And they neither found me in the temple] As he had argued from the circumstance of time, Acts 24:11; (to disprove their empty allegations), so here of place. It fared with the apostle as the historian saith it did with Cuthbert Tunstal, bishop of Durham, who was sent to the Tower for concealment of (I know not what) treason written to him (I know not by whom), and not discovered until (what shall I call) the party did reveal it. False accusers, as they affirm without reason, so they may be dismissed without refutation: unless we will answer them with a downright denial, as here. It happens often, that plain dealing puts craft out of countenance.