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OET (OET-RV) Even these ones here now should explain what their council found me guilty of,
OET-LV Or let_ these themselves _say, what they_found wrong, having_stood of_me before the council,
SR-GNT Ἢ αὐτοὶ οὗτοι εἰπάτωσαν, τί εὗρον ἀδίκημα, στάντος μου ἐπὶ τοῦ Συνεδρίου, ‡
(Aʸ autoi houtoi eipatōsan, ti heuron adikaʸma, stantos mou epi tou Sunedriou,)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Or let these themselves say what wrong they found when I stood before the Sanhedrin,
UST But if they do not want to do that, these Jewish men who are here should tell you what they think I did that was wrong when I defended myself in their council.
BSB Otherwise, let these men state for themselves any crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,[fn]
24:20 Or the Council
BLB Otherwise, let them say themselves any unrighteousness they found in me, having stood before the Council,
AICNT Or let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found [[in me]][fn] when I stood before the council,
24:20, in me: Some manuscripts include.
OEB Or else let my opponents here say what they found wrong in me when I was before the Council,
WEBBE Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,
LSV or let these same say if they found any unrighteousness in me in my standing before the Sanhedrin,
FBV Otherwise let these men here explain themselves what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,
TCNT Or these men themselves should [fn]state what wrongdoing they found [fn]in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,
T4T But if they do not want to do that (OR, But because they are not here), these Jewish men who are here should tell you (sg) what they think I did that was wrong, when I defended myself before their Council.
LEB or these men themselves should say what crime they found when[fn] I stood before the Sanhedrin,[fn]
24:20 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“stood”)
24:20 Or “council”
BBE Or let these men here present say what wrongdoing was seen in me when I was before the Sanhedrin,
Moff No Moff ACTs book available
Wymth Or let these men themselves say what misdemeanour they found me guilty of when I stood before the Sanhedrin,
ASV Or else let these men themselves say what wrong-doing they found when I stood before the council,
DRA Or let these men themselves say, if they found in me any iniquity, when standing before the council,
YLT or let these same say if they found any unrighteousness in me in my standing before the sanhedrim,
Drby or let these themselves say what wrong they found in me when I stood before the council,
RV Or else let these men themselves say what wrong-doing they found, when I stood before the council,
Wbstr Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil-doing in me, while I stood before the council,
KJB-1769 Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
KJB-1611 Or else let these same here say, if they haue found any euill doing in mee, while I stood before the Councill,
(Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the Councill,)
Bshps Or els let these same here say, yf they haue founde any euyll doyng in me, whyle I stande here in the counsell:
(Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doyng in me, while I stand here in the counsell:)
Gnva Or let these themselues say, if they haue found any vniust thing in mee, while I stoode in the Council,
(Or let these themselves say, if they have found any uniust thing in me, while I stood in the Council, )
Cvdl or els lett these same here saye, yf they haue founde eny vnrighteousnes in me, whyle I stonde here before ye councell:
(or else lett these same here say, if they have found any unrighteousness in me, while I stand here before ye/you_all councell:)
TNT or els let these same here saye if they have founde eny evyll doinge in me whill I stonde here in the counsell:
(or else let these same here say if they have found any evil doinge in me while I stand here in the counsell: )
Wycl ether these hem silf seie, if thei founden in me ony thing of wickidnesse, sithen Y stonde `in the counsel,
(ether these them self say, if they found in me any thing of wickednesse, since I stand `in the counsel,)
Luth Oder laß diese selbst sagen, ob sie etwas Unrechtes an mir funden haben, dieweil ich stehe vor dem Rat,
(Oder let this/these himself/itself say, ob they/she/them etwas Unrechtes at to_me funden have, dieweil I stehe before/in_front_of to_him Rat,)
ClVg aut hi ipsi dicant si quid invenerunt in me iniquitatis cum stem in concilio,
(aut hi ipsi dicant when/but_if quid invenerunt in me iniquitatis when/with stem in concilio, )
UGNT ἢ αὐτοὶ οὗτοι εἰπάτωσαν, τί εὗρον ἀδίκημα, στάντος μου ἐπὶ τοῦ Συνεδρίου,
(aʸ autoi houtoi eipatōsan, ti heuron adikaʸma, stantos mou epi tou Sunedriou,)
SBL-GNT ἢ αὐτοὶ οὗτοι εἰπάτωσαν τί ⸀εὗρον ἀδίκημα στάντος μου ἐπὶ τοῦ συνεδρίου
(aʸ autoi houtoi eipatōsan ti ⸀heuron adikaʸma stantos mou epi tou sunedriou)
TC-GNT Ἢ αὐτοὶ οὗτοι εἰπάτωσαν, [fn]τί εὗρον [fn]ἐν ἐμοὶ ἀδίκημα, στάντος μου ἐπὶ τοῦ συνεδρίου,
(Aʸ autoi houtoi eipatōsan, ti heuron en emoi adikaʸma, stantos mou epi tou sunedriou, )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
24:1-27 Tertullus presented a legal case against Paul in a Roman court on behalf of the high priest (24:1-9). Then Paul cheerfully made his defense and defended his faith (24:10-21), and the governor adjourned the hearing without a decision and left Paul in prison for two years (24:22-27).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative3p
αὐτοὶ οὗτοι εἰπάτωσαν
themselves these /let/_say
If your language does not use the third-person imperative in this way, you could state this in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [may these themselves say] or [these themselves should say]
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
αὐτοὶ οὗτοι
themselves these
These pronouns refer to the Jewish leaders who have come to Caesarea to accuse Paul. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [these Jewish leaders who have come here]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
στάντος μου ἐπὶ τοῦ Συνεδρίου
/having/_stood ˱of˲_me before the Sanhedrin
Paul is referring to what he said to the Sanhedrin to defend himself by association with the way he stood in front of the council as he said it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [when I defended myself at a meeting of the Sanhedrin]
As the book of Acts attests, Paul was no stranger to imprisonment, and he catalogued his incarcerations among his many credentials of suffering that affirmed his legitimacy as an apostle to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians 6:4-5). The first mention of Paul being imprisoned is when he and Silas were arrested in Philippi after exorcising a spirit of divination from a slave girl (Acts 16). Paul’s actions angered the girl’s owners, since the men were no longer able to make money off of the girl’s fortune telling abilities. Later in his letter to the Corinthians, Paul notes that he had already suffered multiple imprisonments (2 Corinthians 11:23), making it clear that not all of Paul’s imprisonments and other sufferings were recorded in Scripture. The next imprisonment explicitly mentioned in Scripture is when Paul was arrested in the Temple in Jerusalem at the end of his third missionary journey (Acts 21:27-34). Soon after this Paul was sent to Caesarea on the Mediterranean coast, where he remained in prison for two years (Acts 23-26; see “Paul Is Transferred to Caesarea” map). This may be where Paul penned the letters commonly known as the Prison Epistles (Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon). At the end of this time Paul appealed his case to Caesar and was sent to Rome, where he spent another two years under house arrest awaiting his trial before Caesar (Acts 28:16-31). If Paul did not write his Prison Epistles while he was at Caesarea, then it is likely that he wrote them from Rome during this time. The next time we hear of Paul being imprisoned is likely several years later in his second letter to Timothy (2 Timothy 1:8-17; 2:9; 4:9-21). Though it is not certain, the tone of Paul’s writing during this time of imprisonment, which seems markedly more somber than the optimistic outlook he seems to have about his incarceration during the writing of the Prison Epistles (e.g., Philippians 1:21-26; Philemon 1:22), suggests that this incarceration was not the same as his house arrest. If so, then it is possible that between his first and second incarcerations in Rome Paul fulfilled his intention to travel to Spain to continue spreading the gospel (Romans 15:22-28). Just prior to his second incarceration in Rome, Paul had informed Titus that he planned to spend the winter in Nicopolis northwest of Achaia and asked him to meet him there (Titus 3:12). Perhaps it was around this time or soon after that he was arrested once again and brought to Rome. Paul’s ultimate fate is not noted in Scripture, but tradition (Clement, Dionysius, Eusebius, and Tertullian) attests that this final imprisonment of Paul took place at what is now called Mamertine Prison. During Paul’s time this was the only prison in Rome and was called simply “the Prison,” and it was not typically used for long term incarceration but rather for holding those awaiting imminent execution. There, during the reign of Nero, Paul met his earthly death by the sword and was received into eternal life by his loving Savior, whom he had served so long.