Acts 25:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

To whom I gave answer that it is not the Roman way to give a man up, till he has been face to face with those who are attacking him, and has had a chance to give an answer to the statements made against him.

Cross References

Genesis 39:19

And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry.

Proverbs 18:13

To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.

Proverbs 18:17

The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.

Luke 12:11

And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say:

John 7:51

Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?

Acts 23:30

And when news was given to me that a secret design was being made against the man, I sent him straight away to you, giving orders to those who are against him to make their statements before you.

Acts 23:35

I will give hearing to your cause, he said, when those who are against you have come. And he gave orders for him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.

Acts 26:1

And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying:

Deuteronomy 17:4

If word of this comes to your ears, then let this thing be looked into with care, and if there is no doubt that it is true, and such evil has been done in Israel;