Acts 4:17

4:17 But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more ¹  to anyone in this name.”

Acts 24:12

24:12 They did not find me arguing ²  with anyone or stirring up a crowd ³  in the temple courts ⁴  or in the synagogues ⁵  or throughout the city, ⁶ 

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¹ tn Or “speak no longer.”

² tn Or “disputing,” “conducting a heated discussion.”

³ tn BDAG 381 s.v. ἐπίστασις 2 has “ἐ. ποιεῖν ὄχλου to cause a crowd to gather Ac 24:12.” Roman authorities would not allow a mob to gather and threaten the peace, and anyone suspected of instigating a mob would certainly be arrested.

⁴ tn Grk “in the temple.” This is actually a reference to the courts surrounding the temple proper, and has been translated accordingly.

⁵ sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

⁶ sn A second part of Paul’s defense is that he did nothing while he was in Jerusalem to cause unrest, neither arguing nor stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city.