Acts 24:4 But in order not to weary you further, I would request that you be kind enough to hear us briefly.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
But in order not to weary you further, I would request that you be kind enough to hear us briefly.

English Standard Version
But, to detain you no further, I beg you in your kindness to hear us briefly.

New American Standard Bible
"But, that I may not weary you any further, I beg you to grant us, by your kindness, a brief hearing.

King James Bible
Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
However, so that I will not burden you any further, I beg you in your graciousness to give us a brief hearing.

International Standard Version
But so as not to detain you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness.

American Standard Version
But, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I entreat thee to hear us of thy clemency a few words.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But that I be no further tedious to thee, I desire thee of thy clemency to hear us in few words.

Darby Bible Translation
But that I may not too much intrude on thy time, I beseech thee to hear us briefly in thy kindness.

Young's Literal Translation
and that I may not be further tedious to thee, I pray thee to hear us concisely in thy gentleness;

Cross References

Acts 24:3
We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.

Acts 24:5
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

Ephesians 3:3
How that by revelation he made known to me the mystery; (as I wrote before in few words,

Philippians 4:5
Let your moderation be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

24:1-9 See here the unhappiness of great men, and a great unhappiness it is, to have their services praised beyond measure, and never to be faithfully told of their faults; hereby they are hardened and encouraged in evil, like Felix. God's prophets were charged with being troublers of the land, and our Lord Jesus Christ, that he perverted the nation; the very same charges were brought against Paul. The selfish and evil passions of men urge them forward, and the graces and power of speech, too often have been used to mislead and prejudice men against the truth. How different will the characters of Paul and Felix appear at the day of judgement, from what they are represented in the speech of Tertullus! Let not Christians value the applause, or be troubled at the revilings of ungodly men, who represent the vilest of the human race almost as gods, and the excellent of the earth as pestilences and movers of sedition.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2-4. Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, &c.—In this fulsome flattery there was a semblance of truth: nothing more. Felix acted with a degree of vigor and success in suppressing lawless violence [Josephus, Antiquities, 20.8.4; confirmed by Tacitus, Annals, 12.54].

by thy providence—a phrase applied to the administration of the emperors.