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 Romans, 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 straps, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman person who is uncondemned?”

Acts 25:10

Paul said, “I am standing before 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 people.

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 certainly 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.”