King James Version
Acts 24:8 in the King James Version says “Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, where...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.”
Acts 24:8 · KJV
Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“accusers”
G2725against one in the assembly, i.e., a complainant at law; specially, satan
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“to come”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“unto”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“of”
G3844properly, near; i.e., (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subj
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“by examining”
G350properly, to scrutinize, i.e., (by implication) investigate, interrogate, determine
“of”
G4012properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive cas
“take knowledge”
G1921to know upon some mark, i.e., recognize; by implication, to become fully acquainted with, to acknowledge
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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