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In the temple they didn`t find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city.
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Denying the Core Charge
Commentators note that Paul directly refutes the most serious legal charge against him: sedition. By denying that he was found 'disputing' or 'stirring up a crowd' in any public venue—the temple, synagogues, or the city—he dismantles the only accusation that would concern the Roman governor. His defense is a direct, factual denial of inciting insurrection.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And they neither found me, etc.
The first charge of Tertullus against Paul was, Acts 24:5, that he was "a pestilent …
Disputing (διαλεγομενον). Simply conversing, discussing, arguing, and then disputing, common verb in old Greek and in N.T. (especi…
19th Century
Anglican
They neither found me in the temple . . .—The answer addresses all parts of the indictment. He had not even entered into a discus…
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In refuting the charges against him, Paul dealt with each in turn. First, it was “no more than twelve days ago” that he came to Jerusalem, not for …
16th Century
Protestant
Disputing with any man. Paul had no need to deny any of these things if he had done them, because he could have answered for himself that …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man Either about civil or …
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Paul gives a just account of himself, which clears him from crime and also shows the true reason for the violence against him. Let us never be driv…
