Acts 24:1-9 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus… 1. False eloquence is flattering: it speaks to please the hearers (ver. 3). True eloquence does not flatter: it addresses the heart and conscience. 2. False eloquence is hypocritical: it dwells only on the lips; it is honey in the mouth and gall in the heart (vers. 5, 6). True eloquence does not dissimulate: it proceeds from the heart and speaks as it feels (vers. 10, 14-16). 3. False eloquence is deceitful: it makes black white and white black (vers. 5, 6). True eloquence does not lie: it denies only what is false (ver. 13), but confesses what is true (vers. 14, 15), and makes the matter speak instead of the words (vers. 16-20). (K. Gerok.) Parallel Verses KJV: And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul. |
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