Acts 24:2
And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
KJV
κληθέντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἤρξατο κατηγορεῖν ὁ Τέρτυλλος λέγων,
Greek NT
Et citato Paulo cœpit accusare Tertullus, dicens : Cum in multa pace agamus per te, et multa corrigantur per tuam providentiam,
Vulgate
And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy much peace, and that by thy providence evils are corrected for this nation,
ASV
And Paul being called for, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: Whereas, through thee we live in much peace and many things are rectified by thy providence,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- διορθωμάτων — SBLGNT
- διορθωμάτων — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- κατορθωμάτων — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 24:26 — He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
- Job 32:21 — Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
- Prov 26:28 — A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
- Prov 28:4 — They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
- Prov 29:5 — A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.