The Jews also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so.
Parallel translations
- WEB The Jews also joined in the attack, affirming that these things were so.
- KJV And the Jews also assented, saying 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.
- 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 may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
- Mic 7:2–3The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.
- Isa 59:4–7No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth. They trust in vanity, and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and give birth to iniquity.
- Jer 9:3–6“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood; and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.
- Matt 26:59–60Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
- Ezek 22:27–29Her princes within it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
- John 8:44You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.
- Ps 64:2–8Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;
- Acts 6:11–13Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
- Ps 4:2You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
- Ps 62:3–4How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
- Mic 6:12–13Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
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