Acts 24:12

Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Paul addresses Governor Felix during his trial in Caesarea, referencing his arrival in Jerusalem twelve days prior for worship. The words — οὔτε (oute) means neither, and εὗρόν (heuron) means did they find, structuring the statement as a negative claim about his opponents' search results. The thread — The verse sits within Paul’s defense in Acts 24:11–13 and connects to his later assertion that he committed no offense against Jewish law, the temple, or Caesar (Acts 25:8), alongside his record of a temple visit where he was found ceremonially clean (Acts 24:18). Why it lands — The text records that the prosecution located no evidence of temple disputes or crowd riots, compelling the reader to assess the charges against their actual evidentiary weight.

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The Greek words

King James Version

And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:

Cross-references

Acts 25:8 Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
Acts 24:18 At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia
Acts 28:17 After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
Acts 24:5 We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,