Acts 25:5
ContextNETBible | “So,” he said, “let your leaders 1 go down there 2 with me, and if this man has done anything wrong, 3 they may bring charges 4 against him.” |
XREF | 1Sa 24:11,12; Ps 7:3-5; Joh 18:29,30; Ac 18:14; Ac 23:30; Ac 24:8; Ac 25:16; Ac 25:18,19,25 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “let those who are influential among you” (i.e., the powerful). 2 tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. 3 tn Grk “and if there is anything wrong with this man,” but this could be misunderstood in English to mean a moral or physical defect, while the issue in context is the commission of some crime, something legally improper (BDAG 149 s.v. ἄτοπος 2). 4 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, “to bring serious charges or accusations against someone, with the possible connotation of a legal or court context – ‘to accuse, to bring charges.” |