- Bible
- Acts
- Chapter 24
- Verse 21
Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
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Gill's Exposition
And when Felix heard these things,.... Which were said on both sides, both by plaintiff and defendant, the charges brought against Paul, and his answer to them, as a judge ought to do:
having more…
Barnes' Notes
Except it be for this one voice - For this one expression or declaration. This was what Paul had said before the council - the main thing on which he had insisted, and he calls on them to testify to…
Adam Clarke
Except it be for this one voice - The Sadducees who belong to that council, and who deny the resurrection of the dead, may indeed blame me for professing my faith in this doctrine; but as this is a…
We have here Paul's defence of himself, in answer to Tertullus's charge, and there appears in it a great deal of the spirit of wisdom and holiness, and an accomplishment of Christ's promise to his…
Cambridge Bible
except it be for this one voice i.e. this exclamation or cry. From Act 23:6 we see that St Paul lifted up his voice, when he mentioned the resurrection.
I am called in question by(R. V.with MSS.…