But, that I may not weary you any further, I beg you [a]to grant us, by your kindness, a brief hearing. For we have found this man a real pest and a fellow who stirs up dissension among all the Jews throughout [b]the world, and a ringleader of the (A)sect of the Nazarenes. And he even tried to (B)desecrate the temple; and [c]then we arrested him. [[d]We wanted to judge him according to our own Law.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 24:4 Lit to hear...briefly
  2. Acts 24:5 Lit the inhabited earth
  3. Acts 24:6 Lit also
  4. Acts 24:6 The early mss do not contain the remainder of v 6, v 7, nor the first part of v 8