Acts 24:6

Tertullus Prosecutes Paul

5We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes, 6and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.

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Berean Standard Bible
and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.
American Standard Version (1901)
who moreover assayed to profane the temple: on whom also we laid hold:
Bible in Basic English
Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took,
Douay-Rheims 1899
Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom, we having apprehended, would also have judged according to our law.
Free Bible Version
He tried to defile the Temple, so we arrested him.
Geneva Bible 1599
And hath gone about to pollute the Temple: therefore wee tooke him, and woulde haue iudged him according to our Lawe:
King James (Authorized) Version
Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
Plain English Version
He even tried to do things in God’s ceremony house that are against our law. So we grabbed him.
Translation for Translators
He even tried to do things in the Temple in Jerusalem that would ◄defile it/make it unholy►. So we (exc) seized him.
Unlocked Literal Bible
He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him.
Noah Webster Bible
Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
World English Bible
He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him.
Young's Literal Translation
who also the temple did try to profane, whom also we took, and according to our law did wish to judge,