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Acts 24:6
Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took,
Acts 24:6 · Bible in Basic English
Acts 24:6 in other translations
Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.
He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him.
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In context
3 In all things and in all places we are conscious of our great debt to you, most noble Felix.
4 But, so that I may not make you tired, I make a request to you of your mercy, to give hearing to a short statement.
5 For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:
6 Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took,
8 And from whom you will be able, by questioning him yourself, to get knowledge of all the things which we say against him.
9 And the Jews were in agreement with his statement, saying that these things were so.
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