Acts 25:8
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.
Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
9 But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”
10 Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
- KJV
- While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Cæsar, have I offended any thing at all.
- WEB
- while he said in his defense, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned at all.”
- ASV
- while Paul said in his defense, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned at all.
- DARBY
- Paul answering for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I offended [in] anything.
- BLB
- Paul made his defense: “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned [in] anything.”
- ÅB
- da Paulus forsvarte seg og sa: Hverken mot jødenes lov eller mot templet eller mot keiseren har jeg syndet i noe stykke.
- OTB
- Paulus forsvarte seg og sa: “Jeg har ikke gjort noe galt mot den jødiske loven, tempelet eller keiseren.”
- B1930
- da Paulus forsvarte sig og sa: Hverken mot jødenes lov eller mot templet eller mot keiseren har jeg syndet i noget stykke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 28:17
After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
Read in contextActs 24:12
Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:12
And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
Read in contextActs 28:21
The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.
Read in contextJeremiah 37:18
Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?
Read in contextActs 6:13–14
where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
Read in contextActs 24:6
and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.
Read in contextActs 24:17–21
After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.
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