Acts 24 | |
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Book | Acts of the Apostles |
Category | Church history |
Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 5 |
Acts 24 is the twenty-fourth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the period of Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke.[1]
The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 27 verses.
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
The events in this chapter took place in Caesarea.
The Sanhedrin promptly sent a delegation, bringing a professional rhetor (KJV: orator; NRSV attorney) to make a formal rhetorical presentation on their behalf (verse 1).[2] The venue of the hearing has changed to be 'much more in the Roman sphere than the Jewish'.[2]
In his turn to speak, Paul, like Tertullus, focuses his self-defence (apologia, verse 10) on events in Jerusalem, that he has not been involved in disputes or riots in synagogue or temple (verse 12), and, 'as Luke takes pains to show, no offence against the law can be proved against him' (verse 13).[2]
When prosecution and defense have presented their cases, Felix the procurator 'refuses to be drawn into making a judgement', first 'on the pretext of waiting for the tribune's report' (verse 22), but then 'no more is heard of this'.[2] According to custom at that time, Paul could be released at the end of Felix's term of office (verse 27), yet 'Felix deliberately leaves the case for his successor'.[2]