Acts 23:29
27 This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,
28 and since I wanted to understand their charges against him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.
I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
30 When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.
31 So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
- KJV
- Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
- WEB
- I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment.
- ASV
- whom I found to be accused about questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
- DARBY
- whom I found to be accused of questions of their law, but to have no charge laid against him [making him] worthy of death or of bonds.
- BLB
- whom I found being accused concerning questions of their law, but having no accusation worthy of death or of chains.
- ÅB
- Jeg fant da at de førte klage over ham for noen spørsmål i deres lov, men at det ikke var noe klagemål imot ham som gjorde ham skyldig til død eller fengsel.
- OTB
- Jeg oppdaget at han ble anklaget over spørsmål om deres lov, men hadde ingen anklage som fortjente død eller fengsel.
- B1930
- Jeg fant da at de førte klage over ham for nogen spørsmål i deres lov, men at det ikke var noget klagemål imot ham som gjorde ham skyldig til død eller fengsel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 26:31
On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
Read in contextActs 25:25
But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
Read in contextActs 18:15
But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”
Read in contextActs 25:11
If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
Read in contextActs 25:19–20
They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
Read in contextActs 25:7–8
When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
Read in contextActs 28:18
They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
Read in contextActs 23:6–9
Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
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