Acts 25:27

New English Translation

For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without clearly indicating the charges against him.”

Cross References

Proverbs 18:13

The one who gives an answer before he listens – that is his folly and his shame.

John 7:51

“Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?”

Acts 25:26

But I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this preliminary hearing I may have something to write.

Acts 26:1

So Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul held out his hand and began his defense: