Discovery BoxActs 24:19-21 
Context24:19 But there are some Jews from the province of Asia 1 who should be here before you and bring charges, 2 if they have anything against me. 24:20 Or these men here 3 should tell what crime 4 they found me guilty of 5 when I stood before the council, 6 24:21 other than 7 this one thing 8 I shouted out while I stood before 9 them: ‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’” 10
1 tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.
2 tn BDAG 533 s.v. κατηγορέω 1 states, “nearly always as legal t.t.: bring charges in court.” L&N 33.427 states for κατηγορέω (kathgorew), “to bring serious charges or accusations against someone, with the possible connotation of a legal or court context – ‘to accuse, to bring charges.’”
sn Who should be here…and bring charges. Paul was asking, where were those who brought about his arrest and claimed he broke the law? His accusers were not really present. This subtle point raised the issue of injustice.
3 tn Grk “these [men] themselves.”
4 tn Or “unrighteous act.”
5 tn 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.”
6 tn Grk “the Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).
7 tn BDAG 433 s.v. ἤ 2.c has “οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἤ nothing else than…Ac 17:21. τί…ἤ what other…than…24:21.”
8 tn Grk “one utterance.”
9 tn Cf. BDAG 327 s.v. ἐν 1.e, which has “before, in the presence of, etc.”
10 sn The resurrection of the dead. Paul’s point was, what crime was there in holding this religious belief?
