Acts 24:6 — ExegesisTAB

The sentence begins with the relative pronoun hos {ὃς | hós} introducing a clause that further describes the accused person mentioned previously. The conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} adds this new allegation to earlier charges. The direct object to hieron {τὸ ἱερὸν | tò hierón} precedes the verb epeirasen {ἐπείρασεν | epeírasen}, a common word order in Greek that places focus on the temple as the target of the act. The aorist indicative epeirasen, followed by the complementary infinitive bebelosai {βεβηλῶσαι | bebelôsai}, expresses an attempted action rather than a completed profanation. The infinitive functions as the content of the attempt (“tried to profane”). A second relative pronoun hon {ὃν | hón} refers back to the man being accused, now becoming the object of the verb ekratesamen {ἐκρατήσαμεν | ekratḗsamen}, with kai again linking this responsive action (“we seized”) to the prior accusation. The shift from third person singular (epeirasen) to first person plural (ekratesamen) distinguishes clearly between the alleged offender and the group of accusers. In translation, the relative clauses are preserved, but English subject–verb–object order is followed, and the nuance of attempted rather than completed desecration is maintained by rendering epeirasen with “tried” or “attempted.”