Acts 25:11

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If I have done something wrong, and the law says I must die, then I agree that I should die. I don’t ask to be saved from death. But if these charges are not true, then no person can give me to these Jews. No! I want Caesar to hear my case!”

Cross References

Job 31:21

I never shook my fist at an orphan\par when I saw him at the gate\par asking for help. {\cf2\super [65]} \par

Jeremiah 37:18

Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “What have I done wrong? What crime have I done against you or your officials or the people of Jerusalem? Why have you thrown me into prison?

Acts 16:37

But Paul said to the soldiers, “Your leaders did not prove that we did wrong. But they beat us in front of the people and put us in jail. We are Roman citizens, {\cf2\super [342]} \{so we have rights\}. Now the leaders want to make us go quietly. No! The leaders must come and bring us out!”

Acts 18:14

Paul was ready to say something, but Gallio spoke to the Jews. Gallio said, “I would listen to you Jews if you were complaining about a bad crime or some wrong.

Acts 22:25

So the soldiers were tying Paul, preparing to beat him. But Paul said to an army officer {\cf2\super [446]} there, “Do you have the right to beat a Roman citizen {\cf2\super [447]} who has not been proven guilty?”

Acts 25:10

Paul said, “I am standing at Caesar’s {\cf2\super [476]} judgment seat now. This is where I should be judged! I have done nothing wrong to the Jews; you know this is true.

Acts 25:12

Festus talked about this with his advisers. Then he said, “You have asked to see Caesar, {\cf2\super [477]} so you will go to Caesar!”

Acts 25:21

But Paul asked to be kept in Caesarea. He wants a decision from the Emperor (Caesar {\cf2\super [480]}). So I commanded that Paul be held until I could send him to Caesar \{in Rome\}.”

Acts 25:25

When I judged him, I could find nothing wrong. I found no reason to order his death. But he asked to be judged by Caesar. {\cf2\super [484]} So I decided to send him \{to Rome\}.

Acts 26:32

And Agrippa said to Festus, “We could let this man go free, but he has asked to see Caesar. {\cf2\super [505]} ”

Acts 28:19

But the Jews there did not want that. So I had to ask \{to come to Rome\} to have my trial before Caesar. {\cf2\super [525]} But I am not saying that my people (the Jews) have done anything wrong.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

Those Jews killed the Lord Jesus. And they killed the prophets. {\cf2\super [9]} And those Jews forced us to leave that country (Judea). God is not pleased with them. They are against all people.

Joshua 22:22

“The Lord is our God! Again we say that the Lord is our God! [72] And God knows why we did this thing. We want you to know also. You can judge what we did. If you believe that we have done something wrong, then you can kill us.

1 Samuel 27:1

But David thought to himself, “Saul will catch me some day. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israel. That way I will escape from Saul.”