Verse 10
Paul 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.
Referenced Verses
- Matt 27:18 : 18 (For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)
- Matt 27:23-24 : 23 He asked,“Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently,“Crucify him!” 24 Jesus is Condemned and Mocked When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said,“I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!”
- Acts 16:37-38 : 37 But Paul said to the police officers,“They had us beaten in public without a proper trial– even though we are Roman citizens– and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!” 38 The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens
- Acts 22:25-28 : 25 When they had stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing nearby,“Is it legal for you to lash a man who is a Roman citizen without a proper trial?” 26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commanding officer and reported it, saying,“What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.” 27 So the commanding officer came and asked Paul,“Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” He replied,“Yes.” 28 The commanding officer answered,“I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.”“But I was even born a citizen,” Paul replied.
- Acts 23:29 : 29 I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.
- Acts 25:6 : 6 After 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.
- Acts 25:17 : 17 So 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.
- Acts 25:25 : 25 But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death, and when he appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.
- Acts 26:31 : 31 and as they were leaving they said to one another,“This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment.”
- Acts 28:18 : 18 When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
- 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.