Acts 25:11

⁹ But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?

¹⁰ Then said Paul, I stand at Cæsar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.

For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cæsar.

¹² Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Cæsar? unto Cæsar shalt thou go.

¹³ And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cæsarea to salute Festus.

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: 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!”
KJV: For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cæsar.
WEB: For if I have done wrong and have committed anything worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
ASV: If then I am a wrong-doer, and have committed anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but if none of those things is [true] whereof these accuse me, no man can give me up unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
DARBY: If then I have done any wrong and committed anything worthy of death, I do not deprecate dying; but if there is nothing of those things of which they accuse me, no man can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.
BLB: Therefore if indeed I am unrighteous and have done anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is nothing of which they can accuse me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

ÅB: Har jeg urett, og har jeg gjort noe som fortjener døden, da ber jeg meg ikke fri for å dø; men er det ikke noe i det som disse fører klagemål imot meg for, da kan ingen overgi meg til dem bare for å gjøre dem til lags; jeg innanker min sak for keiseren.
OTB: Hvis jeg er skyldig og har gjort noe som fortjener døden, nekter jeg ikke å dø; men hvis anklagene mot meg ikke er sanne, har ingen rett til å overgi meg til dem. Jeg anker til keiseren!”
B1930: Har jeg urett, og har jeg gjort noget som fortjener døden, da ber jeg mig ikke fri for å dø; men er det ikke noget i det som disse fører klagemål imot mig for, da kan ingen overgi mig til dem bare for å gjøre dem til lags; jeg innanker min sak for keiseren.

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Acts 28:19
But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cæsar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
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Psalms 7:3–5
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
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Acts 26:32
Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cæsar.
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Acts 25:25
But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
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Joshua 22:22
The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)
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Acts 25:21
But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Cæsar.
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Acts 22:25
And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
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Acts 25:10
Then said Paul, I stand at Cæsar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
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