Acts 25:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

but had certain questions against him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 23:29 : 29 I found him to be accused over questions about their law, but had nothing charged against him deserving death or imprisonment.
  • Acts 18:15 : 15 But if it is a question of words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; for I do not want to be a judge of such matters.'
  • Acts 18:19 : 19 And he came to Ephesus and left them there, but he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
  • Acts 25:7 : 7 And when he arrived, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood around and brought many serious charges against Paul, which they could not prove.
  • Acts 26:22-23 : 22 Having therefore obtained help from God, I continue to this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses said would come: 23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first to rise from the dead, and should show light to the people, and to the Gentiles.
  • 1 Cor 15:3-4 : 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; 4 And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures:
  • 1 Cor 15:14-20 : 14 And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is vain and your faith is also vain. 15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise if in fact the dead do not rise. 16 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. 17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins. 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most miserable. 20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
  • Rev 1:18 : 18 I am he who lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
  • Acts 1:22 : 22 Beginning from the baptism of John to that day when He was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of His resurrection.
  • Acts 2:32 : 32 This Jesus God has raised up, of which we all are witnesses.
  • Acts 17:22-23 : 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ Hill and said, Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious. 23 For as I passed by and observed your objects of worship, I found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the one whom you worship without knowing—Him I proclaim to you.
  • Acts 17:31 : 31 Because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained; He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Acts 25:20-21
    2 verses
    81%

    20And because I was uncertain of how to investigate such matters, I asked him if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters.

    21But when Paul appealed to be kept for the hearing before Augustus, I commanded him to be kept until I could send him to Caesar.

  • Acts 25:14-18
    5 verses
    78%

    14And when they had been there many days, Festus disclosed Paul's case to the king, saying, There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix,

    15about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a judgment against him.

    16To whom I answered, It is not the custom of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before he who is accused meets his accusers face to face, and has an opportunity to present his defense concerning the charges against him.

    17Therefore, when they had come here, without any delay, I sat on the judgment seat the next day, and commanded the man to be brought forth.

    18When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge against him of such things as I supposed:

  • Acts 23:28-30
    3 verses
    73%

    28And when I wanted to know the charges for which they accused him, I brought him before their council.

    29I found him to be accused over questions about their law, but had nothing charged against him deserving death or imprisonment.

    30And when it was disclosed to me that a plot was about to be executed against the man, I sent him immediately to you, having also commanded his accusers to state their case before you. Farewell.

  • Acts 28:17-19
    3 verses
    72%

    17After three days, Paul called the leaders of the Jews together. When they had come together, he said to them, Men and brethren, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

    18When they had examined me, they wanted to release me, because there was no cause for putting me to death.

    19But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything to accuse my nation of.

  • Acts 17:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What does this babbler want to say? Others said, He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods, because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.

    19And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine is that you speak of?

  • Acts 24:19-21
    3 verses
    71%

    19Who ought to have been present before you, to charge me, if they had anything against me.

    20Or else let those who are here say, if they found any wrongdoing in me, while I stood before the council,

    21Except it be for this one statement, that I cried standing among them, Regarding the resurrection of the dead I am questioned by you this day.

  • Acts 17:3
    71%

    3Opening and explaining that Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is Christ.

  • Acts 25:24-26
    3 verses
    70%

    24And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men who are present with us, you see this man, about whom all the Jews have petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.

    25But when I found that he had committed nothing deserving of death, and since he himself has appealed to Augustus, I have decided to send him.

    26I have nothing definite to write to my lord concerning him. Therefore I have brought him before you, and especially before you, O King Agrippa, so that after the examination I may have something to write.

  • Acts 26:8
    70%

    8Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

  • Acts 22:30
    70%

    30On the next day, because he wanted to know for certain why he was accused by the Jews, he released him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

  • Acts 14:19
    70%

    19Then certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the people, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

  • Acts 26:30-31
    2 verses
    69%

    30And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them:

    31And when they had gone aside, they talked among themselves, saying, This man does nothing deserving of death or chains.

  • Acts 25:6-9
    4 verses
    69%

    6And when he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, commanded Paul to be brought.

    7And when he arrived, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood around and brought many serious charges against Paul, which they could not prove.

    8While he answered for himself, I have not offended against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar.

    9But Festus, willing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged regarding these things before me?

  • Acts 17:32
    69%

    32And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, while others said, We will hear you again on this matter.

  • Acts 28:22
    69%

    22But we desire to hear from you what you think, for concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against.

  • Acts 23:9
    69%

    9And there arose a great outcry, and the scribes who were of the Pharisees' group arose and contended, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

  • Acts 25:2
    68%

    2Then the high priest and the leaders of the Jews informed him against Paul and pleaded with him,

  • Acts 25:11
    68%

    11For if I am an offender, or have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die: but if there is nothing of these charges against me, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.

  • Acts 23:6
    68%

    6But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being questioned.

  • Acts 24:14
    68%

    14But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things written in the law and in the prophets:

  • Acts 18:5
    68%

    5And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

  • Acts 23:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    19Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went aside privately and asked him, What is it you have to tell me?

    20And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring down Paul tomorrow to the council, as though they would inquire somewhat more accurately about him.

  • Luke 24:19
    67%

    19And he said to them, What things? And they said to him, The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:

  • Acts 13:30
    67%

    30But God raised him from the dead:

  • Acts 21:29
    67%

    29(For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)

  • Acts 18:12-13
    2 verses
    67%

    12And when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,

    13saying, 'This man persuades people to worship God contrary to the law.'

  • Acts 23:15
    67%

    15Now therefore, you with the council suggest to the chief captain that he bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you would inquire something more accurately about him; and we, before he comes near, are ready to kill him.

  • Acts 24:24
    67%

    24And after some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning faith in Christ.

  • Acts 19:15
    67%

    15And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?

  • Acts 26:23
    67%

    23That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first to rise from the dead, and should show light to the people, and to the Gentiles.