Wednesday, 17 January 2024
And when it was told me that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him immediately to you, and also commanded his accusers to state before you the charges against him. Farewell. Acts 23:30
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Thursday, 18 January 2024
Then the soldiers, as they were commanded, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. Acts 23:31
A more literal rendering is, “Then, indeed, the soldiers according to that having been app…
Friday, 19 January 2024
The next day they left the horsemen to go on with him, and returned to the barracks. Acts 23:32
More literally, the words read, “And the morrow, having allowed the horsemen to go with him, they re…
Saturday, 20 January 2024
When they came to Caesarea and had delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him. Acts 23:33
More literally, the words read, “Who, having entered into Caesarea, and havi…
Sunday, 21 January 2024
And when the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. And when he understood that he was from Cilicia, Acts 23:34
In the Greek, the words are full of participles, and the sentence…
Monday, 22 January 2024
he said, “I will hear you when your accusers also have come.” And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s Praetorium. Acts 23:35
The Greek more literally reads, “‘I will thoroughly hear you, he sai…
Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Now after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and a certain orator named Tertullus. These gave evidence to the governor against Paul. Acts 24:1
Chapter 24 enters into the …
Wednesday, 24 January 2024
And when he was called upon, Tertullus began his accusation, saying: “Seeing that through you we enjoy great peace, and prosperity is being brought to this nation by your foresight, Acts 24:2
A…
Thursday, 25 January 2024
“we accept it always and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. Acts 24:3
The Greek more literally reads, “Both entirely and everywhere we welcome, most excellent Felix, with al…
Friday, 26 January 2024
Nevertheless, not to be tedious to you any further, I beg you to hear, by your courtesy, a few words from us. Acts 24:4
The words more literally read, “And so not upon you further I should hinder,…
Saturday, 27 January 2024
“For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. Acts 24:5
The words are more literally rende…
Sunday, 28 January 2024
“He even tried to profane the temple, and we seized him, and wanted to judge him according to our law. Acts 24:6
In the previous verse, Tertullus began to list the accusations against Paul, saying…
Monday, 29 January 2024
“But the commander Lysias came by and with great violence took him out of our hands, Acts 24:7
A better rendering of the Greek is, “And Lysias, the commander, having come with great force, led awa…
Tuesday, 30 January 2024
“commanding his accusers to come to you. By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him.” Acts 24:8
A literal translation, even if a bit clunky, is, “having c…
Wednesday, 31 January 2024
And the Jews also assented, maintaining that these things were so. Acts 24:9
The previous verse completed Tertullus' words to Felix. With that, it next says, “And the Jews also assented.”
The…
Thursday, 1 February 2024
Then Paul, after the governor had nodded to him to speak, answered: “Inasmuch as I know that you have been for many years a judge of this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself, Acts 2…
Friday, 2 February 2024
“because you may ascertain that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship. Acts 24:11
More literally, the verse reads, “You, being able to know that there are not to m…
Saturday, 3 February 2024
“And they neither found me in the temple disputing with anyone nor inciting the crowd, either in the synagogues or in the city. Acts 24:12
A more literal translation is, “And neither found me di…
Sunday, 4 February 2024
“Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me. Acts 24:13
Paul just said to Felix that he was neither found in the temple disputing with anyone nor inciting a crowd. He then added tha…
Monday, 5 February 2024
“But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets. Acts 24:14
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Tuesday, 6 February 2024
“I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust. Acts 24:15
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Wednesday, 7 February 2024
“This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men. Acts 24:16
More precisely, the text reads, “And in this, I train myself to have an inoffensive co…
Thursday, 8 February 2024
“Now after many years I came to bring alms and offerings to my nation, Acts 24:17
More literally, the Greek reads, “And through many years, I arrived to bring alms to my nation, and offerings” (…
Friday, 9 February 2024
“in the midst of which some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with a mob nor with tumult. Acts 24:18
The verse is incomplete without the next verse. For now, a more literal r…
