Acts 25:11

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Now if I am in the wrong and have committed something for which I deserve to die, I am not trying to escape death; but if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can turn me over to them. I appeal to the emperor.”

Cross References

Job 31:21

if I have raised my hand against the orphan, because I saw I had supporters at the gate;

Jeremiah 37:18

Jeremiah also said to King Zedekiah, “What wrong have I done to you or your servants or this people, that you have put me in prison?

Acts 16:37

But Paul replied, “They have beaten us in public, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and now are they going to discharge us in secret? Certainly not! Let them come and take us out themselves.”

Acts 18:14

Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of crime or serious villainy, I would be justified in accepting the complaint of you Jews;

Acts 22:25

But when they had tied him up with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who is uncondemned?”

Acts 25:10

Paul said, “I am appealing to the emperor's tribunal; this is where I should be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you very well know.

Acts 25:12

Then Festus, after he had conferred with his council, replied, “You have appealed to the emperor; to the emperor you will go.”

Acts 25:21

But when Paul had appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of his Imperial Majesty, I ordered him to be held until I could send him to the emperor.”

Acts 25:25

But I found that he had done nothing deserving death; and when he appealed to his Imperial Majesty, I decided to send him.

Acts 26:32

Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to the emperor.”

Acts 28:19

But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to the emperor—even though I had no charge to bring against my nation.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out; they displease God and oppose everyone

Joshua 22:22

“The Lord, God of gods! The Lord, God of gods! He knows; and let Israel itself know! If it was in rebellion or in breach of faith toward the Lord, do not spare us today

1 Samuel 27:1

David said in his heart, “I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines; then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.”