🌊WEB · Acts 24:10
What does Acts 24:10 mean?
"When the governor had beckoned to him to speak, Paul answered, “Because I know that you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I cheerfully make my defense,"
— Acts 24:10 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him.”
The Jews also joined in the attack, affirming that these things were so.
When the governor had beckoned to him to speak, Paul answered, “Because I know that you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I cheerfully make my defense,
seeing that you can verify that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.
In the temple they didn’t find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city.
Nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me.
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Biblical perspective
What does 24/10 mean spiritually?
If you're searching for the meaning behind seeing 24/10 or the time 00:24, the Bible doesn't assign spiritual meaning to dates or time patterns — but Psalm 24 and John 10 are both worth reading.
Psalm 24 opens with "The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness of it" — a declaration of God's ownership of everything. John 10 contains Jesus' "I am the Good Shepherd" passage.
Psalm 24:1
"The earth is Yahweh's, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it."
John 10:14
"I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my own."
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