Acts 24:19

19 But there are some Jews from the province of Asia, who ought to be here before you and bring charges if they have anything against me.

Acts 24:19 in Other Translations

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

19 they ought to be here before you and to make an accusation, should they have anything against me.

19 But some Jews from the province of Asia were there—and they ought to be here to bring charges if they have anything against me!

19 It was some Jews from around Ephesus who started all this trouble. And you'll notice they're not here today. They're cowards, too cowardly to accuse me in front of you.

19 It is they who ought to be here before you to bring charges, if they have anything against me.

Acts 24:19 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 24:19

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 upon hearsay from them:

and object, if they had ought against me;
either with respect to sedition, or blasphemy, error or heresy, if they were capable of proving anything.

Acts 24:19 In-Context

17 “After an absence of several years, I came to Jerusalem to bring my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings.

18 I was ceremonially clean when they found me in the temple courts doing this. There was no crowd with me, nor was I involved in any disturbance.

19 But there are some Jews from the province of Asia, who ought to be here before you and bring charges if they have anything against me.

20 Or these who are here should state what crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin—

21 unless it was this one thing I shouted as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’ ”

Cross References

• 1. S Acts 2:9
• 2. Acts 23:30