Acts 25:8

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Paul defended himself by saying, “I haven’t broken any Jewish law or done anything against the temple or the emperor.”

Cross References

Acts 28:17

After three days Paul invited the most influential Jews in Rome to meet with him. When they assembled, he said to them, “Brothers, I haven’t done anything against the Jewish people or violated the customs handed down by our ancestors. Yet, I’m a prisoner from Jerusalem, and I’ve been handed over to the Roman authorities.

Acts 24:12

No one found me having a discussion with anyone in the temple courtyard or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues throughout the city.

2 Corinthians 1:12

We are proud that our conscience is clear. We are proud of the way that we have lived in this world. We have lived with a God-given holiness  and sincerity, especially toward you. It was not by human wisdom that we have lived but by God’s kindness.

Acts 28:21

The Jewish leaders told Paul, “We haven’t received any letters from Judea about you, and no Jewish person who has come to Rome has reported or mentioned anything bad about you.

Jeremiah 37:18

Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “What crime have I committed against you, your administrators, or these people? Why have you put me in prison?

Acts 25:10

Paul said, “I am standing in the emperor’s court where I must be tried. I haven’t done anything wrong to the Jews, as you know very well.

Acts 24:6

He also entered the temple courtyard in a way that violates our tradition. So we arrested him.

Acts 23:1

Paul stared at the Jewish council and said, “Brothers, my relationship with God has always given me a perfectly clear conscience.”

Daniel 6:22

My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths so that they couldn’t hurt me. He did this because he considered me innocent. Your Majesty, I haven’t committed any crime.”

Genesis 40:15

I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I’ve done nothing to deserve being put in this prison.”

Acts 24:14

But I’ll admit to you that I’m a follower of the way ⌞of Christ⌟, which they call a sect. This means that I serve our ancestors’ God and believe everything written in Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets.