Acts 24:1

And after five days, Ananias the chief priest came down with the elders and a certain orator, Tertullus; and they informed the governor against Paul.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.

In Context

2And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying:

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Cross References

Acts 12:21And on an appointed day, Herod, having arrayed himself in royal apparel, and seated himself on his throne, delivered an oration to them.

Acts 23:2And the chief priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by to smite him on the mouth.

Acts 23:30And as I was informed that a plot was about to be laid against the man by the Jews, I immediately sent him to you, and commanded his accusers to say in your presence what they had against him. Farewell.

Acts 24:11for you can understand that there are not more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

Acts 25:15concerning whom, when I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews informed me, asking for judgment against him.

Matthew Henry on Acts 24:1

We left Paul a prisoner at Cæsarea, in Herod's judgment-hall, expecting his trial to come on quickly; for in the beginning of his imprisonment his affairs moved very quickly, but afterwards very slowly. In this chapter we have his arraignment and trial before Felix the governor at Cæsarea; here is, I. The appearing of the prosecutors against him, and the setting of the prisoner to the bar, ver. 1, 2 . II. The opening of the indictment against him by Tertullus, who was of counsel for the prosecutors, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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