Acts 24:19

19 It is they who ought to be here before you to bring charges, if they have anything against me.

Acts 24:19 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 24:19

Who ought to have been here before thee
For they were the only persons who saw him in the temple, and what he was doing; and who by an hideous outcry raised a mob upon him, who took things upon hearsay from them:

and object, if they had ought against me;
either with respect to sedition, or blasphemy, error or heresy, if they were capable of proving anything.

Acts 24:19 In-Context

17 After many years, I came to bring charitable gifts and offerings to my nation,

18 and while I was doing this, some Jews from the province of Asia found me ritually purified in the temple, without a crowd and without any uproar.

19 It is they who ought to be here before you to bring charges, if they have anything against me.

20 Either let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,

21 or about this one statement I cried out while standing among them, 'Today I am being judged before you concerning the resurrection of the dead.' "