Acts 25:11

Contemporary English Version 1995

If I had done something deserving death, I would not ask to escape the death penalty. But I am not guilty of any of these crimes, and no one has the right to hand me over to these people. I now ask to be tried by the Emperor himself.”

Cross References

Acts 28:19

The Jewish leaders disagreed, so I asked to be tried by the Emperor. But I don't have anything to say against my own nation.

Acts 26:32

Agrippa told Festus, “Paul could have been set free, if he had not asked to be tried by the Roman Emperor.”

Acts 25:25

I have not found him guilty of any crime deserving death. But because he has asked to be judged by the Emperor, I have decided to send him to Rome.

Acts 25:21

But Paul asked to be kept in jail until the Emperor could decide his case. So I ordered him to be kept here until I could send him to the Emperor.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

Those evil people killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and they even chased us away. God doesn't like what they do and neither does anyone else.

Acts 25:10

Paul replied, “I am on trial in the Emperor's court, and that's where I should be tried. You know very well I have not done anything to harm the Jewish nation.

Acts 22:25

While the soldiers were tying Paul up to be beaten, he asked the officer standing there, “Is it legal to beat a Roman citizen before he has been tried in court?”

Acts 18:14

Even before Paul could speak, Gallio said, “If you were charging this man with a crime or some other wrong, I would have to listen to you.

Acts 16:37

But Paul told the police, “We are Roman citizens, and the Roman officials had us beaten in public without giving us a trial. They threw us into jail. Now do they think they can secretly send us away? No, they cannot! They will have to come here themselves and let us out.”

Job 31:21

If I have ever raised my arm to threaten an orphan when the power was mine,

1 Samuel 27:1

but he thought to himself, “One of these days, Saul is going to kill me. The only way to escape from him is to go to Philistia. Then I'll be outside of Israel, and Saul will give up trying to catch me.”

Joshua 22:22

The Lord is the greatest God! We ask him to be our witness, because he knows whether or not we were rebellious or unfaithful when we built that altar. If we were unfaithful, then we pray that God won't rescue us today. Let us tell you why we built that altar,

Jeremiah 37:18

Then I continued, “Your Majesty, why have you put me in prison? Have I committed a crime against you or your officials or the nation?

Acts 25:12

After Festus had talked this over with members of his council, he told Paul, “You have asked to be tried by the Emperor, and to the Emperor you will go!”