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For we have found this man to be a public menace and one who [a]instigates dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the [heretical] [b]sect of the Nazarenes. He even tried to desecrate the temple, but we took him into custody [c][and we intended to judge him by our Law, but Lysias the commander came, and with great force took him out of our hands,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 24:5 Inciting rebellion was a serious crime under Roman law.
  2. Acts 24:5 The Romans had forbidden the establishment of any new religion.
  3. Acts 24:6 Early mss do not contain the remainder of v 6, v 7, nor the first part of v 8.

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