^24:20Or these men here⁶⁶ should tell what crime⁶⁷ they found me guilty of⁶⁸ when I stood before the council,⁶⁹^24:21other than⁷⁰ this one thing⁷¹ I shouted out while I stood before⁷² them: ‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’ ”⁷³

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Footnotes

66 Grk “these [men] themselves.”
67 Or “unrighteous act.”
68 The words “me guilty of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. L&N 88.23 has “αὐτοὶ οὗτοι εἰπάτωσαν τί εὗρον ἀδίκημα στάντος μου ‘let these men themselves tell what unrighteous act they found me guilty of’ Ac 24:20.”
69 Grk “the Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).
70 ἤ 2.c has “οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἤ nothing else than … Ac 17:21. τί … ἤ what other … than … 24:21.”
71 Grk “one utterance.”
72 Cf. ἐν 1.e, which has “before, in the presence of, etc.”
73 The resurrection of the dead. Paul’s point was, what crime was there in holding this religious belief?

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Or else let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council, other than this one thing that I cried out while standing among them: ‘It is with respect to the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you this day.’ ”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Or these who are here should state what crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin—unless it was this one thing I shouted as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Or let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin, other than this one statement I shouted while standing among them, ‘Today I am on trial before you concerning the resurrection of the dead.’ ”

NLTNew Living Translation

Ask these men here what crime the Jewish high council found me guilty of, except for the one time I shouted out, ‘I am on trial before you today because I believe in the resurrection of the dead!’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

or these men themselves should say what crime they found when I stood before the Sanhedrin, other than concerning this one declaration that I shouted while standing there before them: ‘I am being judged before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead!’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council, Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.

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