Discovery BoxActs 4:17 
Context4:17 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
Context24:12 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
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.
