Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
The verse belongs to Paul's self-defense at Caesarea after Felix beckoned him to speak, which he makes cheerfully because Felix had long served as procurator and had a good understanding of Jewish laws and customs. He points to the short interval of only twelve days since he went up to Jerusalem to worship, using that brief time to answer the charge of sedition and to refute the charges against him step by step. The timing itself supports his claim that he had not organized a disturbance there.
He explains the visit as one for worship, made after many years to bring alms and offerings, and states that he was found purified in the temple with no crowd and no disturbance. He declares that he caused no disturbance in any part of Jerusalem and did not profane the sanctuary. His accusers cannot prove the things they charge, so the charges are false.
In this trial Jewish leaders accused him but did not prove his guilt, and the account shows Roman officials recognizing his innocence while Jewish tribunals condemned him. After this defense Paul remained a prisoner at Caesarea a long time until Porcius Festus took the place of Felix, while the malignant hatred of the Jews and their determination to take his life were not softened.
The verse belongs to Paul's self-defense at Caesarea after Felix beckoned him to speak, which he makes cheerfully because Felix had long served as procurator and had a good understanding of Jewish laws and customs. He points to the short interval of only twelve days since he went up to Jerusalem to worship, using that brief time to answer the charge of sedition and to refute the charges against him step by step. The timing itself supports his claim that he had not organized a disturbance there.
He explains the visit as one for worship, made after many years to bring alms and offerings, and states that he was found purified in the temple with no crowd and no disturbance. He declares that he caused no disturbance in any part of Jerusalem and did not profane the sanctuary. His accusers cannot prove the things they charge, so the charges are false.
In this trial Jewish leaders accused him but did not prove his guilt, and the account shows Roman officials recognizing his innocence while Jewish tribunals condemned him. After this defense Paul remained a prisoner at Caesarea a long time until Porcius Festus took the place of Felix, while the malignant hatred of the Jews and their determination to take his life were not softened.