Acts 25:11

The Passion Translation

If I have committed a crime worthy of death, I won’t seek to escape the death penalty. But if none of their charges are true, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

Cross References

Jeremiah 37:18

But please tell me, what crime have I committed against you, your officials, or these people that you have thrown me in prison?

Acts 16:37

But Paul told the officers, “Look, they had us beaten in public, without a fair trial—and we are Roman citizens. Do you think we’re just going to quietly walk away after they threw us in prison and violated all of our rights? Absolutely not! You go back and tell the magistrates that they need to come down here themselves and escort us out!”

Acts 18:14

Just as Paul was about to speak in his defense, Gallio interrupted and said, “Wait! If this involved some major crime or fraud, it would be my responsibility to hear the case.

Acts 22:25

When the soldiers stretched Paul out with ropes, he said to the captain, who was standing nearby, “Is it legal for you to torture a Roman citizen like this, without a proper trial?”

Acts 25:10

Paul replied, “I am standing here before Caesar’s tribunal. This is where I should be tried. As you well know, I have done no harm to the Jews.

Acts 25:12

After conferring with the members of his council, Festus replied, “Since you have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you will go!”

Acts 25:21

When Paul appealed his case to the emperor for a decision, I ordered him to be held in custody until I could send him to Caesar.”

Acts 25:25

Yet upon investigation I couldn’t find one thing that he has done to deserve the death penalty. When he appealed to His Majesty the emperor, I determined to send him.

Acts 26:32

King Agrippa said to Festus, “If he hadn’t appealed to Caesar, he could have been released.”

Acts 28:19

When the Jews objected to this, I felt it necessary, with no malice against them, to appeal to Caesar.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and ran us out of town. They are offending God and hostile to everyone else

Joshua 22:22

“Yahweh is the God of all gods! Yahweh is the God of all gods! We appeal to God Almighty as our witness. He knows why we did this, and we want you to know too! If we rebelled or betrayed Yahweh, then you may take our lives today.