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Acts 24 General Notes
Structure and formatting
This chapter functions as a type of legal defense of Paul's actions. He lays out the facts and refutes the charges brought against him.
Special concepts in this chapter
Respect
The Jewish leaders showed great respect to the Gentile leaders but show no respect to Paul, a Jewish leader.
Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter
Governmental leaders
This narrative contains many different government officials with different levels of power or influence over the charges brought against Paul. Translating the various titles will be difficult to correspond to the translators's cultural background.
Implicit knowledge
The statement, "Go away for the present, but when I have time again, I will call you" implies the governor was too busy to make a decision about the case against Paul. The reader should understand that this is a weak excuse. The author explains that the governor hoped Paul was wealthy and could bribe his way out of prison. It took the governor two years to decide the outcome of the charges against Paul. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)