Acts 24:4-9 But—not to detain you too long—I beg you to be kind enough to give us a brief hearing.

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ But—not to detain you too long—I beg you to be kind enough to give us a brief hearing. ⁵ For we have found this man a pest and a disturber of the peace among Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect, ⁶ and actually tried to desecrate the Temple, but we caught him. ⁷ OMITTED TEXT ⁸ If you will examine him yourself you will be able to find out from him all about the things we charge him with." ⁹ The Jews also joined in these charges, and said that the statement was true.