Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 24]
original purpose to make these "offerings" before he came to
Jerusalem (cf. 18:18). He came up to worship (verse 11) and
to be present at Pentecost (20:16).
24:18 {Amidst which} (\en hail\). That is, "in which offerings"
(in presenting which offerings, 21:27). {They found me} (my
accusers here present, \heuron me\), {purified in the temple}
(\h•gnismenon en t•i hier•i\). Perfect passive participle of
\hagniz•\ (same verb in 21:24,26) state of completion of the
Jewish sacrifices which had gone on for seven days (21:27), the
very opposite of the charges made. {With no crowd} (\ou meta
ochlou\). "Not with a crowd" till the Asiatic Jews gathered one
(21:27). {Nor yet with tumult} (\oude meta thorubou\). They
made the tumult (27:30), not Paul. Till they made the stir, all
was quiet.
24:19 {But certain Jews from Asia} (\tines de apo t•s Alias
Ioudaioi\). No verb appears in the Greek for these words. Perhaps
he meant to say that "certain Jews from Asia charged me with
doing these things." Instead of saying that, Paul stops to
explain that they are not here, a thoroughly Pauline anacoluthon
(2Co 7:5) as in 26:9. "The passage as it stands is instinct
with life, and seems to exhibit the abruptness so characteristic
of the Pauline Epistles" (Page). {Who ought to have been here
before thee} (\hous edei epi sou pareinai\). This use of \epi\
with genitive of the person is common. The imperfect indicative
with verbs of necessity and obligation to express failure to live
up to it is common in Greek (Robertson, _Grammar_, pp. 919-21).
"The accusers who were present had not witnessed the alleged
offence: those who could have given evidence at first-hand were
not present" (Furneaux). There was no case in a Roman court.
These Asiatic Jews are never heard of after the riot, though they
almost succeeded in killing Paul then. {If they had aught against
me} (\ei ti echoien pros eme\). A condition of the fourth class
or undetermined with less likelihood of being determined (\ei\
with the optative, Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 1021). This is a
"mixed condition" (_op.cit._, p. 1022) with a conclusion of the
second class.
24:20 {These men themselves} (\autoi houtoi\). Since the Asiatic
Jews are not present and these men are. {Wrong doing}
(\adik•ma\). Or misdeed. Old word from \adike•\, to do wrong. In
the N.T. only here and Ac 18:14; Re 18:5. Paul uses "\adik•ma\"
from the standpoint of his accusers. "To a less sensitive
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