King James Version
Acts 25:5 in the King James Version says “Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness ...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.”
Acts 25:5 · KJV
And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.
Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought. more: or, as some copies read, no more than eight or ten days
And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
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“this”
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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