Acts 23:29

New American Bible - revised edition

I discovered that he was accused in matters of controversial questions of their law and not of any charge deserving death or imprisonment.

Cross References

Jeremiah 26:16

Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man does not deserve a death sentence; it is in the name of the Lord, our God, that he speaks to us.”

Acts 18:15

but since it is a question of arguments over doctrine and titles and your own law, see to it yourselves. I do not wish to be a judge of such matters.”

Acts 25:11

If I have committed a crime or done anything deserving death, I do not seek to escape the death penalty; but if there is no substance to the charges they are bringing against me, then no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.”

Acts 25:25

I found, however, that he had done nothing deserving death, and so when he appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

Acts 26:31

And after they had withdrawn they said to one another, “This man is doing nothing [at all] that deserves death or imprisonment.”

Acts 28:18

After trying my case the Romans wanted to release me, because they found nothing against me deserving the death penalty.

Deuteronomy 21:22

If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and you hang him on a tree,