ACTS 24:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.”
'Nor can they prove to you the charges of which they now accuse me' — Paul challenges the prosecutors to produce evidence; the burden of proof falls on the accuser. His legal argument is sound: accusations without testimony are mere assertion.
Church Fathers on Acts 24:13
And they neither found me in the Temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city Acts 24:12; which in fact was the truth. And the accusers indeed use the term ringleader, as if it were a case of fighting and insurrection; but see how mildly Paul here answers. But this I confess unto you, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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