Acts 28:22

But we think it proper to hear from thee what thou thinkest; for with regard to this sect, we know that it is everywhere spoken against.

Noyes Bible

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 neither received letters from Judea concerning thee, nor did any one of the brethren that came report or speak any evil of thee.

23And when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging; to whom he expounded, and earnestly testified, the kingdom of God, endeavoring to persuade them concerning Jesus both from the Law of Moses, and from the Prophets, from morning till evening.

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Cross References

Isaiah 42:20Thou seest many things, but regardest them not; Thou hast thine ears open, but hearest not!

Acts 5:17But the high-priest and all that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, rose up and were filled with indignation,

Acts 16:20and having brought them before the magistrates, said, These men are grievously disturbing our city, being Jews;

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

Acts 26:5and they know, if they are willing to testify, that from the first, according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.

1 Peter 2:12having your manner of life among the gentiles honorable; that, whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, 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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