Acts 24:9

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

The Jews also joined in the attack, affirming that these things were so.

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1 first appearance in the Greek New Testament

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φάσκοντες

pháskō

G5335

“to affirm”

Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine

Appears 3× in the Greek New Testament
First appears here

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: prolongation from the same as G5346

TDNT: None

1. to affirm, allege, portend or profess

About this verse

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9: words
9: distinct lemmas
Acts: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is φάσκοντες to affirm G5335 — appearing just 3 times in the whole Greek New Testament.

First appearance in Scripture

This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:

φάσκοντες to affirm G5335

Shared distinctive vocabulary

φάσκοντες to affirm G5335 occurs in 3 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Acts 24:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

1 Thessalonians 2:16 forbidding 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.
Micah 7:2–3 The 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.
Psalms 4:2 You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
Psalms 62:3–4 How long will you assault a man, Would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
Psalms 64:2–8 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, From the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;
Isaiah 59:4–7 None sues in righteousness, and none pleads in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Jeremiah 9:3–6 They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says Yahweh.
Ezekiel 22:27–29 Her princes in the midst of it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.

Micah 6:12–13 Her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
Matthew 26:59–60 Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
John 8:44 You 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 the father of it.
Acts 6:11–13 Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."

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Commentary

Notes on Acts 24:9 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Bengel's Gnomon

Johann Albrecht Bengel

Act 24:9. Συνεπέθεντο) An apposite verb: τὰ ἔθνη τὰ συνεπιτιθέμενα—συνεπέθεντο εἰς κακά Zec 1:15. And so elsewhere. A few read here συνέθεντο.[137]—ΦΆΣΚΟΝΤΕς) saying, with feigned gravity.

[137] Rec. Text has συνέθεντο, with no old authority. ABE support συνεπέθεντο.—E. and T.

Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary

Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer

Act_24:9. Συνεπέθεντο κ.τ.λ.] but the Jews also jointly set upon him; they united their attack against Paul with that of their advocate, inasmuch as they indicated the contents of his statements to be the true state of the case. Comp. on συνεπιτίθεμαι, Plat. Phil. p. 16 A; Xen. Cyrop. iv. 2. 3; Polyb. i. 31. 2, ii. 3. 6; also in the LXX.

φάσκοντες] comp. Act_25:19; and see on Rom_1:22.

Meyer — Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament — English translation by Peter Christie, edited by Frederick Crombie (T&T Clark, 1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Expositor's Greek Testament

ed. W. Robertson Nicoll

Act 24:9 . συνέθεντο : in R.V. συνεπεο ., “joined in the charge,” cf. Act 18:10 , so in classical Greek; in LXX (Deu 32:27 ), Psa 3:6 [380] S, Zach. Act 1:15 , here only in N.T. φάσκοντες , cf. Act 25:19 , Rom 1:22 , dictitantes , but sometimes with the notion of alleging what is untrue, to pretend, cf. LXX, Bel and the Dragon, Act 24:8 . The verb is found elsewhere, Gen 26:20 , 2Ma 14:27 ; 2Ma 14:32 , Mal 3:7Mal 3:7 .

[380] Codex Alexandrinus (sæc. v.), at the British Museum, published in photographic facsimile by Sir E. M. Thompson (1879).

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

Confirmed Tertullus’s saying.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown

the Jews assented, &c.--See on Act 23:15.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

9. And the Jews also assented] [Rev. Ver. joined in the charge.] The verb implies much more than assent. They made common cause with their representative, and by their own language reiterated the accusation.

saying (R. V. affirming) that these things were so] Ananias and the elders must have first instructed their orator. So that the speech was what they had supplied him with, and must have their accord.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And the Jews also assented,.... That is, Ananias the high priest, and the elders that were with him, agreed to what Tertullus said, and confirmed the same.

Saying, that these things were so; that Paul was such a person, and was guilty of the crimes he had set forth; and that the chief captain had taken the steps, and done the things he had related.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.

Ver. 9. And the Jews assented] With what face could they do it, but that their faces were hatched with impudence; and they had taken an order with their consciences not to trouble them: "Trouble me not, for I am in bed," as he in the Gospel said to his neighbour.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the Jews also assented - The Jews who had accompanied Tertullus to Caesarea. They had gone as the accusers of Paul, and they bore testimony, when called upon, to the truth of all that the orator had said. Whether they were examined individually or not is not declared. In whatever way their testimony was arrived at, they confirmed unanimously the accusation which he had brought against Paul.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

The high priest, and the rest of the senate that came with him, acknowledged (as the manner was) that Tertullus had spoken their sense, and what they had to say; and some think that this their assent went further, and that they offered themselves as witnesses to the truth of what he had said.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

9. Jews… assented—Had Felix considered these as so many impartial witnesses the case against Paul was a sweeping one. But, unluckily for them, Felix comprehended the whole case. He saw it with just the eyes of Lysias. (See note Act_22:10; Act_22:29.)

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Joined in the charge for assented, A.V. and T.R.; affirming for saying, A.V. Joined in the charge. The reading of the R.T., sunepeqento, means "joined in the attack upon," as in the LXX of Deu_32:27 ("behave themselves strangely," A.V. Psa_3:6 (Codex Alexandrinus; "set themselves against me," A.V) The suneqento of the T.R. means "agreed", (as Joh_9:22) "assented."

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

William B. Godbey

9. Felix, a shrewd lawyer and statesman, seeing the utter futility of all their charges, not so much as the semblance of criminality in Roman law, now beckons to Paul to speak, who very courteously addressing the Procurator, recognizing the prolixity of his administration [already seven years], and his gratitude for the privilege of thus defending himself, certifying the utter falsity of all the accusations brought against him by his accusers, boldly challenges the proof.

William B. Godbey, Commentary on the New Testament (1896–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

McGarvey & Pendleton's Commentaries

J. W. McGarvey

See notes on verse 2

J. W. McGarvey (with Philip Y. Pendleton), Commentaries on the New Testament (The Fourfold Gospel, 1914; Acts; and the epistles) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges

9. συνεπέθεντο δὲ καὶ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, and the Jews also joined in the charge, i.e. by language of their own reiterated the accusation. For the verb used of an attack made in common, cf. LXX. Psa 3:6, οἱ κύκλῳ συνεπιτιθέμενοι.

φάσκοντες ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν, affirming that these things were so. Tertullus had of course been instructed in his case by Ananias and the elders. Having supplied him with his arguments they now express their accord with what he has said.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Alford’s Greek Testament

Henry Alford

9. συνεπέθ.] joined in setting upon him, bore out Tertullus in his charges.

Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament

Marvin R. Vincent

Assented [συνεθεντο] . But the best texts read sunepeqento, jointly set upon or assailed. So Rev., joined in the charge.

Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Lesson kit

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Acts, in the Acts, opens this verse with 9 words (9 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is pháskō (“to affirm”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “to affirm” (pháskō) shape what this verse is saying?
The word “to affirm” first appears here in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
Acts 25:19 shares the word «to affirm» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
Reading how Bengel's Gnomon and Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
These translations choose different wording for 7 words in this verse.
9 distinct Greek lemmas span 9 words in this verse.