Acts 24:18

18 and while I was doing this, some Jews from the province of Asia found me ritually purified[a] in the temple, without a crowd and without any uproar.

Acts 24:18 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 24:18

Whereupon
Or "among which"; while the apostle was busy about the offerings of the Nazarites:

certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple;
and therefore could not be said to profane it; this he observes in answer to the charge of his attempting to profane it, and acquaints the governor how that was; as that having joined himself to four men that had a vow upon them, and being in the temple purifying himself with them, certain Jews that came from Ephesus, in Asia, who knew him there, and had a pique against him, found him here; not profaning the temple, as they pretended, but acting according to the worship and service of it; and that,

neither with a multitude;
for there were but four men with him;

nor with tumult;
making any noise and riot, or stirring up persons to sedition and rebellion.

Acts 24:18 In-Context

16 I always do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and men.
17 After many years, I came to bring charitable gifts and offerings to my nation,
18 and while I was doing this, some Jews from the province of Asia found me ritually purified in the temple, without a crowd and without any uproar.
19 It is they who ought to be here before you to bring charges, if they have anything against me.
20 Either let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,

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