Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, ‘This man doesn’t deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God! ’
Acts 23:29 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I found out that the accusations were concerning questions of their law, and that there was no charge that merited death or imprisonment. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Where] I found that he was charged in regard to questions of their own law, but he was accused of nothing that would call for death or [even] for imprisonment. American Standard Version (1901) whom I found to be accused about questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds. Common English Bible I discovered that they were accusing him about questions related to their Law. I found no charge deserving of death or imprisonment. Catholic Public Domain Version And I discovered him to be accused about questions of their law. Yet truly, nothing deserving of death or imprisonment was within the accusation. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Whom I found to be accused concerning questions of their law; but having nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bands. |
Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, ‘This man doesn’t deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God! ’
But if these are questions about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.’
If then I did anything wrong and am deserving of death, I am not trying to escape death; but if there is nothing to what these men accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar! ’
I found that he had not done anything deserving of death, but when he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
and when they had left they talked with each other and said, ‘This man is not doing anything to deserve death or imprisonment.’
After they examined me, they wanted to release me, since there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.
‘If anyone is found guilty of an offence deserving the death penalty and is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,