Acts 25:5

³ And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

⁴ But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cæsarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.

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.

⁶ And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Cæsarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.

⁷ And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which 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
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
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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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Acts 25:18–19
Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:
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John 18:29–30
Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?
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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 23:30
And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
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1 Samuel 24:11–12
Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
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Acts 18:14
And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
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