ACTS 24:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.”
'Since you can take note of the fact that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship' — Paul establishes a timeline: only twelve days have elapsed since his arrival in Jerusalem. The brevity of time undermines the charge that he has been long stirring up dissension; he has merely recently arrived.
Church Fathers on Acts 24:11
of many years. Because that you may understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. Acts 24:11 And what is this? (It means), that I could not immediately have raised a commotion. Because the accuser had nothing to show (as done) in Jerusalem, observe what he said: among all the Jews throughout the world. Therefore it is that Paul here forcibly attracts him — to worship, he says, I came up, so far am I from raising sedition — and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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