Acts 28:18 Cross References - MNT

¹⁸ "Then when they had examined me they wanted to set me at liberty because there was no cause of death in me.

²⁴ the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and examined under the lash, to learn for what reason the people were thus crying out against him. ²⁵ But when they had tied him up with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing near, "If a man is a Roman citizen, and uncondemned, is it lawful for you to scourge him?"

³⁰ The next day, as he wished to learn the real reason why the Jews accused Paul, he unbound him, and commanded the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and brought Paul down, and placed him before them.

²⁹ "Here I learned that he was accused about questions of their law, but was not charged with anything worthy of death or imprisonment.

¹⁰ Then at a nod from the governor, Paul spoke. "Because I know that for many years you have been a judge in this nation, I feel encouraged to make my defense.

²² At this point Felix, who had a pretty accurate knowledge of the Way, adjourned the case, saying to the Jews, "When Lysias the tribune comes down, I will go carefully into the matter."

⁷ When he came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him and brought a number of serious charges against him, which they could not prove. ⁸ Paul said in his defense, "I have committed no crime against the Law of the Jews, against the Temple, or against Caesar."

³¹ When they had withdrawn they continued talking to one another. "This man is doing nothing," they said, "for which he deserves death or imprisonment." ³² And Agrippa said to Festus, "If he had not appealed to Caesar, he might have been set free."