Acts 25:5

³ to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

⁴ But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.

So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”

⁶ After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.

⁷ When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.

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: So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”
KJV: Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
WEB: “Let them therefore”, he said, “that are in power among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him.”
ASV: Let them therefore, saith he, that are of power among you go down with me, and if there is anything amiss in the man, let them accuse him.
DARBY: Let therefore the persons of authority among you, says he, going down too, if there be anything in this man, accuse him.
BLB: “Therefore those powerful among you⁺,” he says, “having gone down together, if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him.”

ÅB: de altså av dere, sa han, som har myndighet til det, kan jo dra ned med meg, om det er noe i veien med denne mann, og fremføre sin klage imot ham.
OTB: Han sa: “La de innflytelsesrike menn blant dere komme med meg, og hvis det er noe galt med mannen, la dem anklage ham der.”
B1930: de altså av eder, sa han, som har myndighet til det, kan jo dra ned med mig, om det er noget i veien med denne mann, og fremføre sin klage imot ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 25:16
I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
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Acts 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.
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Acts 25:18–19
But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.
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John 18:29–30
So Pilate went out to them and asked, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”
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Psalms 7:3–5
O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
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Acts 23:30
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.
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1 Samuel 24:11–12
See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
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Acts 18:14
But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint.
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