KJV King James Version
For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
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Acts 25:11
For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
WEB World English Bible
For if I have done wrong, and have committed anything worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
ASV American Standard Version
If then I am a wrong-doer, and have committed anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but if none of those things is true whereof these accuse me, no man can give me up unto them. I appeal unto Cæsar.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for if indeed I am unrighteous, and anything worthy of death have done, I deprecate not to die; and if there is none of the things of which these accuse me, no one is able to make a favour of me to them; to Caesar I appeal!’
Surrounding context — Acts 25
8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.
9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.
13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.
14 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul’s cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
εἰG1487 · eiifμὲνG3303 · menon the other handοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenἀδικῶG91 · adikeōto harmκαὶG2532 · kaiandἄξιονG514 · axiosworthyθανάτουG2288 · thanatosdeathπέπραχάG4238 · prassōto do/requireτι,G5100 · tisoneοὐG3756 · ounoπαραιτοῦμαιG3868 · paraiteomaito refuse/excuseτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀποθανεῖν·G599 · apothnēskōto dieεἰG1487 · eiifδὲG1161 · dethenοὐδένG3762 · oudeisnoneἐστινG1510 · eimito beὧνG3739 · hos, hēwhichοὗτοιG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itκατηγοροῦσίνG2723 · katēgoreōto accuseμου,G3165 · memeοὐδείςG3762 · oudeisnoneμεG3165 · memeδύναταιG1410 · dunamaibe ableαὐτοῖςG846 · autosit/s/heχαρίσασθαι.G5483 · charizōto give graceΚαίσαραG2541 · KaisarCaesarἐπικαλοῦμαι.¶G1941 · epikaleōto call (on)/name
Cross-references
Acts 28:19But when the Jews spake against [it], I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.Psalm 7:3-5O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;Acts 26:32Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.Acts 25:25But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.Acts 25:21But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.Joshua 22:22The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if [it be] in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)1 Samuel 27:1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: [there is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.Acts 22:25And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?1 Thessalonians 2:15Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:Acts 25:10Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.Acts 18:14And when Paul was now about to open [his] mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O [ye] Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:1 Samuel 12:3-5Behold, here I [am]: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received [any] bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.Job 31:38-40If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;Acts 16:37But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast [us] into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
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