Acts 24:19

19 These ought to have been here before thee to object if they had aught 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 "Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings,

18 whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, with neither crowd nor tumult.

19 These ought to have been here before thee to object if they had aught against me;

20 or else let these same say here if they have found any evildoing in me when I stood before the council,

21 unless it be for this one utterance that I cried out standing among them: `Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am called into question by you this day.'"