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Acts of the Apostles

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New Testament

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Church history

Acts 24

Acts 24 is the twenty-fourth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the period of Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke.

Contents

Text

The original text is written in Koine Greek and is divided into 27 verses. Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:

  • Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
  • Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
  • Codex Bezae (c. AD 400)
  • Codex Alexandrinus (c. AD 400-440)
  • Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (c. AD 450; extant: verses 16-27)
  • Codex Laudianus (c. AD 550)
  • Location

    The events in this chapter took place in Caesarea.

    Structure

    This chapter can be grouped:

  • Acts 24:1-9 = Accused of Sedition
  • Acts 24:10-21 = The Defense Before Felix
  • Acts 24:22-27 = Felix Procrastinates
  • Verse 27

    But after two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix; and Felix, wanting to do the Jews a favor, left Paul bound.

    References

    Acts 24 Wikipedia


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