{Assayed to profane} (epeirasen beb(886c)(9373)ai). A flat
untruth, but the charge of the Asian Jews ( 21:28-30 ). _Verbum
optum ad calumnian_ (Bengel). {We seized} (ekrat(8873)amen). As if
the Sanhedrin had arrested Paul, Tertullus identifying himself
with his clients. But it was the mob ( 21:28-31 ) that attacked
Paul and Lysias who rescued him ( 21:32ff. ).