ACTS 24:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.”
'other than for this one statement which I shouted out while standing among them, That I am on trial before you today for the resurrection of the dead!'' — Paul admits to one contentious statement (the resurrection claim that divided the Council) but argues that theological debate is not a crime. The confession becomes his exculpation.
Church Fathers on Acts 24:21
Neither with multitude, nor with tumult. Acts 24:18 Everywhere he does away the charge of sedition. And he also does well to challenge his accusers who were from Asia, Who ought to accuse before you, etc., but he does well also not to reject this either; or else, says he, let these same here say. Touching the resurrection of the dead, etc. (v. 19, 20, 21): for in fact it was on this account they were sore troubled from the first, because he preached the Resurrection. This…
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