"And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so." — Acts 24:9

Acts 24:9 · KJV

“And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.”

— Acts 24:9

Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.

Verse 10

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:

Acts 24 — Context

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.

Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 2:16

Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

Micah 7:2-3

The good {man} is perished out of the earth: and {there is} none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. {good: or, godly, or, merciful}

Jeremiah 9:3-6

And they bend their tongues {like} their bow {for} lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

Psalms 64:2-8

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

Micah 6:12-13

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue {is} deceitful in their mouth.

Matthew 26:59-60

But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, {yet} found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

Acts 6:11-13

Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and {against} God.

Ezekiel 22:27-29

Her princes in the midst thereof {are} like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, {and} to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.