Acts 25:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

To whom I aunswered: It is not the maner of the Romanes, for fauour to delyuer any man that he shoulde perishe, before that he which is accused, haue the accusers before hym, and haue licence to aunswere for hymselfe, concernyng the cryme layde agaynst hym.

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  • Acts 25:4-5 : 4 But Festus aunswered, that Paul shoulde be kept at Cesarea, and that he himselfe woulde shortly depart thither. 5 Let them therfore, sayde he, which among you are able, come downe with vs, and accuse hym, yf there be any fault in this man.
  • John 7:51 : 51 Doth our lawe iudge any man, before it heare hym, and knowe what he hath done?
  • Acts 23:30 : 30 And when it was shewed me howe that the Iewes layde wayte for the man, I sent hym strayghtway to thee, and gaue commaundement to his accusers, that the thynges which they haue agaynst hym, they shoulde tell before thee. Fare well.
  • Acts 26:1 : 1 Then Agrippa sayde vnto Paul, thou art permitted to speake for thy selfe. Then Paul stretched foorth the hande, and aunswered for hym selfe
  • Deut 17:4 : 4 And it is tolde thee, & thou hast hearde of it, then shalt thou enquire diligently: and if it be true, & the thyng of a suretie that such abhomination is wrought in Israel:
  • Deut 19:17-18 : 17 Then both the men which stryue together, shall stande before the Lorde, before the priestes and the iudges which shalbe in those dayes: 18 And the iudges shall make diligent inquisition: and if the witnesse be founde false, and that he hath geuen false witnesse agaynst his brother:
  • Prov 18:13 : 13 He that geueth sentence in a matter before he heare it, the same to hym is folly and shame.
  • Prov 18:17 : 17 The righteous declareth his owne cause first him selfe, and his neighbour commeth and tryeth hym.

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    17Therfore, when they were come hyther, without any delay, on the morowe I sate to geue iudgement, and commaunded the man to be brought foorth.

    18Agaynst whom, when the accusers stoode vp, they brought none accusation of such thynges as I supposed:

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    27This man was taken of the Iewes, and shoulde haue ben kylled of them: Then came I with souldeirs, & rescued hym, and perceaued that he was a Romane.

    28And whe I would haue knowen the cause, wherfore they accused hym, I brought hym foorth into their counsell.

    29Whom I perceaued to be accused of questions of their lawe, but was not gyltie of any thyng worthy of death, or of bondes.

    30And when it was shewed me howe that the Iewes layde wayte for the man, I sent hym strayghtway to thee, and gaue commaundement to his accusers, that the thynges which they haue agaynst hym, they shoulde tell before thee. Fare well.

  • 15About whom, when I came to Hierusalem, the hye priestes and elders of the Iewes enfourmed me, and desired to haue iudgement agaynst hym.

  • Acts 25:8-12
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    8Whyles he aunswered for hym selfe that he had agaynst the lawe of the Iewes, neither agaynst the temple, nor yet agaynst Caesar offended any thyng at all.

    9But Festus wyllyng to do ye Iewes a pleasure; aunswered Paul, and sayde: Wylt thou go vp to Hierusalem, & there be iudged of these thynges before me?

    10Then said Paul: I stande at Caesars iudgement seate, where I ought to be iudged: To the Iewes haue I no harme done, as thou very wel knowest.

    11For yf I had done any hurt, or committed any thyng worthy of death, I refuse not to dye: But yf there be none of these thinges, wherof they accuse me, no man may delyuer me to them. I appeale vnto Caesar.

    12Then spake Festus, with the counsell, and aunswered: Hast thou appealed vnto Caesar? vnto Caesar shalt thou go.

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    24And Festus sayde: Kyng Agrippa, and al men which are here present with vs, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Iewes haue intreated me, both at Hierusalem, and also here, crying, that he ought not to lyue any longer.

    25Yet founde I nothyng worthy of death, that he had committed: Neuerthelesse, seeyng that he hath appealed to Augustus, I haue determined to sende hym:

    26Of whom I haue no certayne thyng to write vnto my Lorde. Wherfore, I haue brought hym foorth vnto you, and specially vnto thee, O kyng Agrippa, that after examination had, I myght haue somewhat to write.

    27For me thynketh it vnreasonable, for to sende a prysoner, and not to shewe the causes which are laide agaynst him.

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    17And it came to passe, that after three dayes Paul called ye chiefe of the Iewes together. And whe they were come, he sayde vnto them: Men and brethren, though I haue committed nothyng agaynst the people, or lawes of the fathers, yet was I delyuered prysoner from Hierusalem, into the handes of the Romanes.

    18Which when they had examined me, woulde haue let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.

    19But when the Iewes spake contrary, I was constrayned to appeale vnto Caesar: not that I had ought to accuse my people of.

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    19Which ought to be here present before thee, & accuse me, yf they had ought agaynst me:

    20Or els let these same here say, yf they haue founde any euyll doyng in me, whyle I stande here in the counsell:

    21Except it be for this one voyce, that I cryed standyng among them, of the resurrection from the dead, am I iudged of you this day.

  • Acts 24:7-8
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    7But the hye captayne Lysias, came vpon vs, and with great violence toke hym away out of our handes,

    8Commaundyng his accusers to come vnto thee: Of whom thou mayest, yf thou wilt enquire, knowe the certayntie of all these thynges, wherof we accuse hym.

  • 35I wyll heare thee, sayde he, when thyne accusars are come also. And he comaunded hym to be kept in Herodes iudgement hall.

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    14And said vnto them: Ye haue brought this man vnto me, as one yt peruerteth the people: and behold, I examine him before you, & finde no fault in this man of those thinges wherof ye accuse hym:

    15No, nor yet Herode: For I sent you to hym, and loe nothing worthy of death is done to hym.

  • 10The Paul, after that the deputie hym selfe had beckened vnto hym that he shoulde speake, aunswered: With a more quiet mynde do I aunswere for my selfe, forasmuch as I vnderstande, that thou haste ben of many yeres a iudge vnto this nation:

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    20And because I doubted of such maner of questions, I asked hym whether he woulde go to Hierusalem, and there be iudged of these matters.

    21But when Paul had appealed to be kept vnto the knowledge of Augustus, I commaunded hym to be kept, tyll I myght sende hym to Caesar.

  • 1Men, brethren, & fathers, heare ye mine aunswer whiche I make vnto you.

  • Acts 25:5-6
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    5Let them therfore, sayde he, which among you are able, come downe with vs, and accuse hym, yf there be any fault in this man.

    6And when he had taryed among them more then ten dayes, he went downe vnto Cesarea, & the next day sate downe in the iudgement seate, and commaunded Paul to be brought.

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    31And when they were gone apart, they talked betwene the selues, saying: This man doth nothyng worthy of death, or of bondes.

    32Then sayde Agrippa vnto Festus: This man myght haue ben let loose, yf he had not appealed vnto Caesar.

  • Acts 26:1-3
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    1Then Agrippa sayde vnto Paul, thou art permitted to speake for thy selfe. Then Paul stretched foorth the hande, and aunswered for hym selfe

    2I thynke my selfe happy, king Agrippa, because I shall aunswere this day before thee, of all the thynges whereof I am accused of the Iewes:

    3Namely, because thou art expert in all customes and questions, whiche are among the Iewes: Wherefore I beseche thee to heare me patiently.

  • 30On the morowe, because he woulde haue knowen the certaintie wherefore he was accused of the Iewes, he loosed hym from his bandes, and commaunded the hye priestes & all the counsell to come together, & brought Paul foorth, and set hym before them.

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    25And as they boude him with thonges, Paul saide vnto ye Centurion that stoode by: Is it lawfull for you to scourge a man that is a Romane, and vncondempned?

    26When the Centurion hearde that, he went and tolde the vpper captaine, saying: Take heede what thou doest, for this man is a Romane.

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    29Pilate then went out vnto them, and said: What accusatio bryng you against this man?

    30They aunswered, and said vnto him: Yf he were not an euyll doer, we would not haue deliuered hym vnto thee.

    31Then sayde Pilate vnto them: Take ye him, and iudge him after your owne lawe. The Iewes therfore sayde vnto hym: It is not lawfull for vs to put any man to death.

  • 21And preache ordinaunces, which are not lawfull for vs to receaue, neither to obserue, seeyng we are Romanes.

  • 13Neither can they proue the thynges wherof they accuse me.

  • 15At that feast, the deputie was wont to delyuer vnto the people a prysoner, whom they woulde desire.

  • 40For we are in ieopardie to be accused of this dayes vprore, forasmuch as there is no cause, wherby we may geue a reckenyng of this concourse of people.

  • 39Ye haue a custome, that I shoulde deliuer you one loose at ye Passouer: Wyll ye that I loose vnto you the kyng of the Iewes?

  • 15Nowe therfore geue ye knowledge to the vpper captayne, and to the counsell, that he bryng hym foorth vnto you to morrowe, as though ye woulde knowe somethyng more perfectly of hym: And we, or euer he come neare, are redy to kyll hym.