Acts 28:19

American Standard Version (1901)

But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had aught whereof to accuse my nation.

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  • Acts 26:32 : 32 And Agrippa said unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
  • Acts 25:21 : 21 But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of the emperor, I commanded him to be kept till I should send him to Caesar.
  • Acts 25:25 : 25 But I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death: and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him.
  • Rom 12:19-21 : 19 Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath [of God] : for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord. 20 But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
  • 1 Pet 2:22-23 : 22 who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
  • Acts 25:10-12 : 10 But Paul said, I am standing before Caesar's judgment-seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou also very well knowest. 11 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 Caesar. 12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed unto Caesar: unto Caesar shalt thou go.

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  • Acts 28:17-18
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    17And it came to pass, that after three days he called together those that were the chief of the Jews: and when they were come together, he said unto them, I, brethren, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans:

    18who, when they had examined me, desired to set me at liberty, because there was no cause of death in me.

  • Acts 28:20-22
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    20For this cause therefore did I entreat you to see and to speak with [me] : for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

    21And they said unto him, We neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, nor did any of the brethren come hither and report or speak any harm of thee.

    22But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.

  • Acts 25:7-12
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    7And when he was come, the Jews that had come down from Jerusalem stood round about him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove;

    8while Paul said in his defense, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned at all.

    9But Festus, desiring to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?

    10But Paul said, I am standing before Caesar's judgment-seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou also very well knowest.

    11If 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 Caesar.

    12Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed unto Caesar: unto Caesar shalt thou go.

  • Acts 23:27-30
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    27This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be slain of them, when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

    28And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:

    29whom I found to be accused about questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

    30And when it was shown to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to thee forthwith, charging his accusers also to speak against him before thee.

  • Acts 25:15-18
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    15about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed [me], asking for sentence against him.

    16To whom I answered, that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man, before that the accused have the accusers face to face, and have had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.

    17When therefore they were come together here, I made no delay, but on the next day sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded the man to be brought.

    18Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such evil things as I supposed;

  • Acts 24:19-21
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    19who ought to have been here before thee, and to make accusation, if they had aught against me.

    20Or else let these men themselves say what wrong-doing they found when I stood before the council,

    21except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question before you this day.

  • Acts 25:24-27
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    24And Festus saith, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye behold this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews made suit to me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

    25But I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death: and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him.

    26Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I may have somewhat to write.

    27For it seemeth to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not withal to signify the charges against him.

  • Acts 26:31-32
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    31and when they had withdrawn, they spake one to another, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

    32And Agrippa said unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.

  • Acts 24:13-14
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    13Neither can they prove to thee the things whereof they now accuse me.

    14But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;

  • Acts 26:2-4
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    2I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before thee this day touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews:

    3especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

    4My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

  • Acts 26:21
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    21For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.

  • Acts 25:20-21
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    20And I, being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, asked whether he would go to Jerusalem and there be judged of these matters.

    21But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of the emperor, I commanded him to be kept till I should send him to Caesar.

  • Acts 22:1
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    1Brethren and fathers, hear ye the defence which I now make unto you.

  • Acts 26:6-7
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    6And now I stand [here] to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;

    7unto which [promise] our twelve tribes, earnestly serving [God] night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!

  • Acts 22:30
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    30But on the morrow, desiring to know the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

  • Acts 22:19
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    19And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

  • Acts 25:5
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    5Let them therefore, saith he, that are of power among you go down with me, and if there is anything amiss in the man, let them accuse him.

  • Acts 19:40
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    40For indeed we are in danger to be accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause [for it] : and as touching it we shall not be able to give account of this concourse.

  • Acts 21:39
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    39But Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, give me leave to speak unto the people.

  • Acts 24:8-10
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    8from whom thou wilt be able, by examining him thyself, to take knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him.

    9And the Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that these things were so.

    10And when the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, Paul answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I cheerfully make my defense:

  • Luke 23:14
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    14and said unto them, Ye brought unto me this man, as one that perverteth the people: and behold, I having examined him before you, found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

  • Acts 26:19
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    19Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

  • Acts 26:9
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    9I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.