Acts 25:7

When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, ¹  bringing many serious ²  charges that they were not able to prove. ³ 

Ezr 4:15; Es 3:8; Ps 27:12; Ps 35:11; Mt 5:11,12; Mt 26:60-62; Mr 15:3,4; Lu 23:2,10; Ac 21:28; Ac 24:5,6,13; Ac 25:24; 1Pe 4:14-16

¹ tn BDAG 801 s.v. περιίστημι 1.a has “περιέστησαν αὐτὸν οἱ ᾿Ιουδαῖοι the Judeans stood around him 25:7.”

² tn Grk “many and serious.” The term βαρύς (barus) refers to weighty or serious charges (BDAG 167 s.v. 1).

³ tn The term ἀποδείκνυμι (apodeiknumi) in a legal context refers to legal proof (4 Macc 1:8; BDAG 108 s.v. 3).