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Acts 24:11

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What does Acts 24:11 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Seeing that thou canst take knowledge that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem:” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Seeing that thou canst take knowledge that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem:
Acts 24:11 — American Standard Version

Context — Acts 24

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
8[commanding his accusers to come before thee.] from whom thou wilt be able, by examining him thyself, to take knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him.
9And the Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that these things were so.
10And when the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, Paul answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I cheerfully make my defense:
11Seeing that thou canst take knowledge that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem:
12and neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any man or stirring up a crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city.
13Neither can they prove to thee the things whereof they now accuse me.
14But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Because that thou mayest understand, etc.] By what Paul now asserted, and by the witnesses which he could produce to certify the truth of it: that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship; that is, from the time that he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem, to the present time, in which he stood before Felix, pleading his own cause; which may be reckoned, thus, he came in one day from Caesarea to Jerusalem, (<442116>Acts 21:16,17) the next day he visited James and the elders, (<442118>Acts 21:18) on the third day he purified himself in the temple, (<442126>Acts 21:26) where he was taken and used ill by the Jews; on the fourth day, he was brought before the…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“thou mayest understand--canst easily learn. that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem--namely, 1. The day of his arrival in Jerusalem (Act 21:15-17); 2. The interview with James (Act 21:18-26); 3. The assumption of the vow (Act 21:26); 4, 5, 6. Continuance of the vow, interrupted by the arrest (Act 21:27, &c.); 7. Arrest of Paul (Act 21:27); 8. Paul before the Sanhedrim (Act 22:30; Act 23:1-10); 9. Conspiracy of the Jews and defeat of it (Act 23:12-24), and despatch of Paul from Jerusalem on the evening of the same day (Act 23:23, Act 23:31); 10, 11, 12, 13. The remaining period referred to (Act 24:1) [MEYER]. This short period is mentioned to show how unlikely it was…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Because that thou mayest understand - Greek: “Thou being able to know.” That is, he could understand or know by taking the proper evidence. Paul does not mean to say that Felix could understand the case because he had been many years a judge of that nation. That fact would qualify him to judge correctly, or to understand the customs of the Jews. But the fact that he himself had been but twelve days in Jerusalem, and had been orderly and peaceable there, Felix could ascertain only by the proper testimony. The first part of Paul’s defense Acts 24:11-13 consists in an express denial of what they alleged against him. Are yet but twelve days - Beza reckons these twelve days in this manner: The…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“but: Act 24:1, Act 21:18, Act 21:27, Act 22:30, Act 23:11, Act 23:23, Act 23:32, Act 23:33 to worship: Act 24:17, Act 21:26 Acts 24:12”
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