Verse 8

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

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 24:12 : 12 They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,
  • Acts 28:17 : 17 Paul 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.
  • Acts 28:21 : 21 They replied,“We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
  • Acts 24:17-21 : 17 After several years I came to bring to my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings, 18 which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance. 19 But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me. 20 Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council, 21 other 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.’”
  • Acts 25:10 : 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.
  • Gen 40:15 : 15 for I really was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews and I have done nothing wrong here for which they should put me in a dungeon.”
  • Jer 37:18 : 18 Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah,“What crime have I committed against you, or the officials who serve you, or the people of Judah? What have I done to make you people throw me into prison?
  • Dan 6:22 : 22 My God sent his angel and closed the lions’ mouths so that they have not harmed me, because I was found to be innocent before him. Nor have I done any harm to you, O king.”
  • Acts 6:13-14 : 13 They brought forward false witnesses who said,“This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law. 14 For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
  • Acts 23:1 : 1 Paul looked directly at the council and said,“Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God to this day.”
  • Acts 24:6 : 6 He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him.