While I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But some Jews from Asia—
Paul waited his turn without interrupting, and when the governor beckoned him to speak, he answered not with Tertullus's flattering compliments but with respectful confidence in Felix's fairness. He leveled his defense against those who employed the accuser, knowing well how such men speak for their fee.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 24:10-21
The Asian Jews who saw him in the temple are the very ones who raised the mob against him by their outcry; they alone witnessed what happened, yet they do not appear here to object. If they had any charge, sedition, blasphemy, error, heresy, let them come and prove it.
AI summary
Verse 18. Certain Jews from Asia. . Found me purified in the temple. . They found me engaged in the sacred service of completing the observance of my vow. Neither with multitude. Not having introduced a multitude with me--in a quiet and peaceful manner.