Acts 24:19

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

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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 s...
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 spee...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 24:22 f. Felix Adjourns the Case. The clause having more exact knowledge concerning the Way may be due to the editor, who tends to exhibit R...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

before . Greek. epi . App-104. object . accuse, as in Acts 24:2 .
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 with...
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 th...
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 Act...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St Paul's Defence. St. Paul answered the charges as follows. (1) He had no seditious intentions, for he was found purified in the Temple 'neither w...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Superstition] RV 'religion.'
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 t...
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...
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 th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Third Defence. 10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him...
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 malic...
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 t...
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...
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 w...
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 J...
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,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The conclusion of Paul's defense:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

who ought to have been here before thee and object if they had aught against me.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 23:30 ; Acts 25:16
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 th...

¹⁹ Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.

Related Commentaries of Acts 24:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 24:19