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Acts 24:1-27
Acts 24:1-27
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain
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appeared against Paul, that if they had any thing to accuse him of they…Acts 24:1Acts 24:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe high priest Ananias came down for Ananias the high priest descended, A.V.; certain elders for the elders, A.V. and T.R.; an orator, one Tertullus for a certain orator named Tertullus, A.V.; and they for who, A.V.…Acts 24:1-9Acts 24:1-9 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe governor's court.
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