Catholic Public Domain Version
"But Lysias, the tribune, overwhelming us with great violence, snatched him away from our hands, "
— Acts 24:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,”
“But Lysias the tribune, coming upon us with great violence, took him away out of our hands;”
“But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,”
But lest I speak at too great a length, I beg you, by your clemency, to listen to us briefly.
We have found this man to be pestilent, to be inciting seditions among all the Jews in the entire world, and to be the author of the sedition of the sect of the Nazarenes.
And he has even been attempting to violate the temple. And having apprehended him, we wanted him to be judged according to our law.
But Lysias, the tribune, overwhelming us with great violence, snatched him away from our hands,
ordering his accusers to come to you. From them, you yourself will be able, by judging about all these things, to understand the reason that we accuse him.”
And then the Jews interjected, saying that these things were so.
Then, since the governor had motioned for him to speak, Paul responded: “Knowing that you have been the judge over this nation for many years, I will give an explanation of myself with an honest soul.