Acts 28:22

But we think it right to hear from you what you think: for, as it respects this sect, we know that it is everywhere spoken against.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.

In Context

21And they said to him: We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor has any one of the brethren come, and reported or spoken any evil of you.

23And when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging; to whom, from morning till evening;, he earnestly testified, and set forth the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses, and from the prophets.

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Cross References

Acts 5:17But the chief priest arose, and all that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation;

Acts 16:20And having brought them to the magistrates, they said: These men, who are Jews, do greatly trouble our city;

Acts 24:5For we have found this man a pest and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

Acts 26:5who, knowing me from the first, could testify, if they would, that, according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.

1 Peter 2:12maintaining an honorable mode of life am one the Gentiles, that, inasmuch as they speak against you as evil-doers, they may, on account of your good works which they witness, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Matthew Henry on Acts 28:18-23

Paul at Rome. 17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. 18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me. 19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cæsar; not that I… Read the whole commentary →

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