Act_24:12-21. In the following speech Paul first disclaims the accusations of his opponents generally and on the whole as groundless (Act_24:12-13); then gives a justifying explanation of the expression
πρωτοστάτην
τῆς
τῶν
Ναζωρ
.
αἱρέσ
., by which they had maliciously wished to bring him into suspicion (Act_24:14-16); and lastly refutes the special accusation
καὶ
τὸ
ἱερὸν
ἐπείρ
.
βεβηλῶσαι
(Act_24:17-21).