And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
Parallel translations
- WEB The Jews also joined in the attack, affirming that these things were so.
- BSB The Jews concurred, asserting that these charges were true.
- NKJV And the Jews also assented, maintaining that these things were so.
- NASB The Jews also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so.
- NLT Then the other Jews chimed in, declaring that everything Tertullus said was true.
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Quick answer
The Jewish leaders present join in, affirming that Tertullus's accusations are true. They lend united support to the case against Paul.
Overview
The assembled accusers add their voices to reinforce the prosecution, presenting a united front before Felix. Their agreement gives the charges an appearance of weight despite their lack of proof. The scene recalls how Jesus too faced concerted false testimony, and it sets the stage for Paul's calm, truthful rebuttal.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- 1 Th 2:16Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
- Mic 7:2–3The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
- Isa 59:4–7None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
- Jer 9:3–6And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
- Matt 26:59–60Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
- Ezek 22:27–29Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
- John 8:44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
- Ps 64:2–8Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
- Acts 6:11–13Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
- Ps 4:2O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
- Ps 62:3–4How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
- Mic 6:12–13For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
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