Acts 23:28

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Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.

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  • Acts 22:30 : 30 Paul Before the Sanhedrin The next day, because the commanding officer wanted to know the true reason Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council to assemble. He then brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

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  • Acts 23:29-30
    2 verses
    86%

    29I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.

    30When I was informed there would be a plot against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges against him before you.

  • Acts 23:27
    81%

    27This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.

  • Acts 25:15-18
    4 verses
    80%

    15When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.

    16I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had met his accusers face to face and had been given an opportunity to make a defense against the accusation.

    17So after they came back here with me, I did not postpone the case, but the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought.

    18When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.

  • Acts 22:29-30
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    29Then those who were about to interrogate him stayed away from him, and the commanding officer was frightened when he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him tied up.

    30Paul Before the Sanhedrin The next day, because the commanding officer wanted to know the true reason Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council to assemble. He then brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

  • Acts 28:17-19
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    17Paul Addresses the Jewish Community in Rome After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them,“Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.

    18When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

    19But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar– not that I had some charge to bring against my own people.

  • Acts 24:8
    78%

    8When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing.”

  • Luke 23:14-15
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    78%

    14and said to them,“You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.

    15Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death.

  • Acts 25:25-27
    3 verses
    77%

    25But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death, and when he appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.

    26But I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this preliminary hearing I may have something to write.

    27For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without clearly indicating the charges against him.”

  • Acts 23:18-20
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    18So the centurion took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said,“The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.”

    19The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked,“What is it that you want to report to me?”

    20He replied,“The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as if they were going to inquire more thoroughly about him.

  • Acts 25:20
    75%

    20Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.

  • Acts 23:35
    75%

    35he said,“I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive too.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.

  • Acts 24:19-22
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    75%

    19But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.

    20Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,

    21other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them:‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”

    22Then Felix, who understood the facts concerning the Way more accurately, adjourned their hearing, saying,“When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case.”

  • Acts 5:27
    75%

    27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

  • John 18:29
    74%

    29So Pilate came outside to them and said,“What accusation do you bring against this man?”

  • Acts 24:6
    74%

    6He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him.

  • Acts 22:24
    74%

    24the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

  • Acts 23:15
    74%

    15So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”

  • Acts 25:5-8
    4 verses
    73%

    5“So,” he said,“let your leaders go down there with me, and if this man has done anything wrong, they may bring charges against him.”

    6After Festus had stayed not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought.

    7When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they were not able to prove.

    8Paul said in his defense,“I have committed no offense against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.”

  • Acts 6:12
    73%

    12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

  • Acts 26:31
    73%

    31and as they were leaving they said to one another,“This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment.”

  • Acts 25:10
    72%

    10Paul replied,“I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I should be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.

  • Acts 21:34
    72%

    34But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, and when the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth because of the disturbance, he ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks.

  • Acts 24:13
    72%

    13nor can they prove to you the things they are accusing me of doing.

  • Luke 23:22
    71%

    22A third time he said to them,“Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him.”

  • Acts 19:40
    71%

    40For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering.”

  • Luke 23:1-2
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    71%

    1Jesus Brought Before Pilate Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate.

    2They began to accuse him, saying,“We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king.”

  • Acts 25:2
    71%

    2So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him.

  • Acts 26:21
    71%

    21For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.

  • Acts 23:10
    71%

    10When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.

  • Acts 13:28
    71%

    28Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.