“Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.”
ordering his accusers to come before you — Tertullus frames Lysias's order to the prosecutors as yet another Roman intervention, suggesting that Rome is siding with the prisoner against legitimate accusers. The rhetorical effect is to position the Jews as victims of Roman favoritism.
Church Fathers on Acts 24:8
But the tribune Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands, commanding his accusers to come unto you]: by examining of whom yourself may take knowledge of all these things, where of we accuse him. And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. Acts 24:7-9. What then says Paul?
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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