Acts 24:6-8

Expanded Bible

⁶ Also, he was trying to ·make the Temple unclean [defile/profane/desecrate the Temple], but we ·stopped [or grabbed; arrested] him. |And we wanted to judge him by our own law. ⁷ But the ·officer [tribune] Lysias came and used much force to take him from us. ⁸ And Lysias commanded ·those who wanted to accuse Paul [his accusers] to come to you.|^[a] By ·asking him questions [cross-examining him] yourself, you can ·decide [learn; come to know] ·if all these things are true [or the nature of our accusations].”