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Acts 24:6

Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.

KJV

ὃς καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν ἐπείρασεν βεβηλῶσαι, ὃν καὶ ἐκρατήσαμεν,

Greek NT

qui etiam templum violare conatus est, quem et apprehensum voluimus secundum legem nostram judicare.

Vulgate

who moreover assayed to profane the temple: on whom also we laid hold:

ASV

Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom, we having apprehended, would also have judged according to our law.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βεβηλόω
bebeloo
verb · 2×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κρατέω
krateo
verb · 47×
πειράζω
peirazo
verb · 38×
ἱερόν
ieron
noun · 72×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ἐκρατήσαμεν | WH/Treg/NIV/RP: ἐκρατήσαμεν | TR: + καὶ κατὰ τὸν ἡμέτερον νόμον ἠθελήσαμεν κρίνειν. 7 παρελθὼν δὲ Λυσίας ὁ χιλίαρχος μετὰ πολλῆς βίας ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν ἡμῶν ἀπήγαγε, 8 κελεύσας τοὺς κατηγόρους αὐτοῦ ἔρχεσθαι ἐπὶ σέ·
  • ἐκρατήσαμενSBLGNT
  • ἐκρατήσαμενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • + καὶ κατὰ τὸν ἡμέτερον νόμον ἠθελήσαμεν κρίνειν. 7 παρελθὼν δὲ Λυσίας ὁ χιλίαρχος μετὰ πολλῆς βίας ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν ἡμῶν ἀπήγαγε, 8 κελεύσας τοὺς κατηγόρους αὐτοῦ ἔρχεσθαι ἐπὶ σέ·Textus Receptus
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 23:30 — And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
  • Acts 24:12 — And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: