Verse 38. Have a matter against any man. Have a complaint of injury; if injustice has been done them by any one.
The law is open. See the margin. agoraioi agontai, i.e. hmerai. There are court days; days which are open, or appointed for judicial trials, where such matters can be determined in a proper manner. Perhaps the courts were then held, and the matter might be immediately determined.
And there are deputies. Roman proconsuls. See Barnes |Ac 13:7|.
The cause might be brought before them with the certainty that it might be heard and decided. The Syriac reads this in the singular number -- |Lo, the proconsul is in the city.|
Let them implead one another. Let them accuse each other in the court; i.e., let them defend their own cause, and arraign one another. The laws are equal, and impartial justice will be done.
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