Acts 24:20

20 or these [men] themselves should say what crime they found [when] I stood before the Sanhedrin,

Acts 24:20 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 24:20

Or else let these same here say
They that are present, the high priest and the elders, who were come down to accuse him:

if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the
council;
or "Jewish sanhedrim"; when he was brought before them by the chief captain, ( Acts 22:30 ) ( 23:1 ) meaning, if any evil was then done by him, or any iniquity proved upon him, let it be declared; for as for his imprecation, or prophecy, that God would smite the high priest, he excused himself on that head, as not knowing it was the high priest.

Acts 24:20 In-Context

18 in which they found me purified in the temple [courts], not with a crowd or with a disturbance.

19 But [there are] some Jews from Asia who ought to be present before you and bring charges against [me], if they have anything against me,

20 or these [men] themselves should say what crime they found [when] I stood before the Sanhedrin,

21 other than concerning this one declaration that I shouted [while] standing there before them: 'I am being judged before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead!'"

22 But Felix, [because he] understood the [facts] concerning the Way more accurately, put them off, saying, "When Lysias the military tribune comes down, I will decide {your case}."

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("stood")
• [b] Or "council"