Acts 24:1

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

FIVE DAYS later, the high priest Ananias came down [from Jerusalem to Caesarea] with some elders and a certain forensic advocate Tertullus [acting as spokesman and counsel]. They presented to the governor their evidence against Paul.

Cross References

Psalm 11:2

For see, the wicked are bending the bow; they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they [furtively] in darkness may shoot at the upright in heart.

Isaiah 3:3

The captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the expert craftsman and the skillful enchanter.

Acts 12:21

On an appointed day Herod arrayed himself in his royal robes, took his seat upon [his] throne, and addressed an oration to them.

Acts 21:27

When the seven days were drawing to a close, some of the Jews from [the province of] Asia, who had caught sight of Paul in the temple, incited all the rabble and laid hands on him,

Acts 23:2

At this the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood near him to strike him on the mouth.

Acts 23:24

Also provide beasts for mounts for Paul to ride, and bring him in safety to Felix the governor.

Acts 23:30

[However] when it was pointed out to me that there would be a conspiracy against the man, I sent him to you immediately, directing his accusers also to present before you their charge against him.

Acts 23:33

When these came to Caesarea and gave the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul before him.

Acts 23:35

He said, I will hear your case fully when your accusers also have come. And he ordered that an eye be kept on him in Herod's palace (the Praetorium).

Acts 24:11

As you can readily verify, it is not more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship;

Acts 24:2

And when he was called, Tertullus began the complaint [against him] by saying: Since through you we obtain and enjoy much peace, and since by your foresight and provision wonderful reforms (amendments and improvements) are introduced and effected on behalf of this nation,

Acts 25:15

And when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, petitioning for a judicial hearing and condemnation of him.

Acts 25:2

And [there] the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews laid charges before him against Paul, and they kept begging and urging him,

1 Corinthians 2:1

AS FOR myself, brethren, when I came to you, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony and evidence or mystery and secret of God [concerning what He has done through Christ for the salvation of men] in lofty words of eloquence or human philosophy and wisdom;

1 Corinthians 2:4

And my language and my message were not set forth in persuasive (enticing and plausible) words of wisdom, but they were in demonstration of the [Holy] Spirit and power [a proof by the Spirit and power of God, operating on me and stirring in the minds of my hearers the most holy emotions and thus persuading them],