10 And when[a] the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied, “Because I[b] know you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I defend myself cheerfully with respect to the things concerning myself. 11 You can ascertain that it has not been more than[c] twelve days since[d] I went up to Jerusalem to worship. 12 And neither did they find me arguing with anyone or making a crowd develop in the temple courts[e] nor in the synagogues nor throughout the city.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 24:10 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“gestured”)
  2. Acts 24:10 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“know”) which is understood as causal
  3. Acts 24:11 Literally “there are not to me more than”
  4. Acts 24:11 Literally “from which time
  5. Acts 24:12 Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself