Acts 24:20

24:20 Or these men here ¹  should tell what crime ²  they found me guilty of ³  when I stood before the council, ⁴ 

Acts 18:14

18:14 But just as Paul was about to speak, ⁵  Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, ⁶  I would have been justified in accepting the complaint ⁷  of you Jews, ⁸ 

[24:20]  ¹ tn Grk “these [men] themselves.”

[24:20]  ² tn Or “unrighteous act.”

[24:20]  ³ tn The words “me guilty of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. L&N 88.23 has “αὐτοὶ οὗτοι εἰπάτωσαν τί εὗρον ἀδίκημα στάντος μου ‘let these men themselves tell what unrighteous act they found me guilty of’ Ac 24:20.”

[24:20]  ⁴ tn Grk “the Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).

[18:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “about to open his mouth” (an idiom).

[18:14]  ⁶ tn BDAG 902 s.v. ῥᾳδιούργημα states, “From the sense ‘prank, knavery, roguish trick, slick deed’ it is but a short step to that of a serious misdeed, crime, villainy…a serious piece of villainy Ac 18:14 (w. ἀδίκημα).”

[18:14]  ⁷ tn According to BDAG 78 s.v. ἀνέχω 3 this is a legal technical term: “Legal t.t. κατὰ λόγον ἂν ἀνεσχόμην ὑμῶν I would have been justified in accepting your complaint Ac 18:14.”

[18:14]  ⁸ tn Grk “accepting your complaint, O Jews.”