Acts 25:10

Acts 25:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
• New International Version (NIV)Paul answered: “I am now standing before Caesar’s court, where I ought to be tried. I have not done any wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's tribunal, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you yourself know very well.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Paul said, “I stand at Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you very well know.

Context of Acts 25:10

8Then Paul made his defense: “Neither against the Jewish law, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I sinned in any way.” 9But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, replied to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to be tried before me there on these charges?” Paul replied, “I am standing at Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as even you yourself know very well. 11If then I did anything wrong and am deserving of death, I am not trying to escape death; but if there is nothing to what these men accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!” 12Then after Festus conferred with his council, he replied, “You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go.”

Acts 25:10 word by word

εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Παῦλος· ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος Καίσαρος ἑστώς εἰμι, οὗ με δεῖ κρίνεσθαι. Ἰουδαίους οὐδὲν ἠδίκησα, ὡς καὶ σὺ κάλλιον ἐπιγινώσκεις·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenδέde · thenG1161
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Paulὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• Iεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• standἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
• atἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• Cesar’sΚαῖσαρKaisar · CaesarG2541
• judgment seatβῆμαbēma · judgement seatG968
• whereοὗhou · whitherG3757
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• oughtδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163
• to be judgedκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• to the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• have I doneἀδικέωadikeō · to harmG91
• noοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• ·καίkai · andG2532
• thouσύsu · youG4771
• very wellκαλλίονkallion · goodG2566
• knowestἐπιγινώσκωepiginōskō · to come to knowG1921

Cross-references for Acts 25:10

• Acts 16:37But Paul said to them, “They beat us in public without a trial, although we are Roman citizens, and threw us in jail. And now are they going to send us away secretly? Certainly not! On the contrary, let them come themselves and escort us out.”
• Acts 22:25As they stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing by, “Is it legal for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen and is uncondemned?”
• Acts 25:25I found that he had not done anything deserving of death, but when he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
• Acts 23:29I found out that the accusations were concerning questions of their law, and that there was no charge that merited death or imprisonment.
• Acts 26:31and when they had left they talked with each other and said, “This man is not doing anything to deserve death or imprisonment.”
• Acts 28:18After they examined me, they wanted to release me, since there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.
• Matthew 27:18For he knew it was because of envy that they had handed him over.
• 2 Corinthians 4:2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful things, not acting deceitfully or distorting the word of God, but commending ourselves before God to everyone’s conscience by an open display of the truth.

Commentaries on Acts 25:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10I stand at Caesar's judgment seat - Every procurator represented the person of the emperor in the province over which he presided; and, as the seat of government was at Caesarea, and Paul was now before the tribunal on which the emperor's representative sat, he could say, with the strictest propriety, that he stood before Caesar's judgment seat, where, as a freeman of Rome, he should be tried. As thou very well knowest - The record of this trial before…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Then said Paul … - The reasons why Paul declined the proposal to be tried at Jerusalem are obvious. He had experienced so much violent persecution from his countrymen, and their minds were so full of prejudice, misconception, and enmity, that he had neither justice nor favor to hope at them hands. He knew, too, that they had formerly plotted against his life, and that he had been removed to Caesarea for the purpose of safety. It would be madness and folly…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11Festus suggested that Paul have his trial in Jerusalem, which led Paul to appeal to Caesar. Paul did not fear death, but he opposed being transferred to a court biased toward condemnation, not justice (25:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure--to ingratiate himself with them. said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and ... be judged ... before me--or, "under my protection." If this was meant in earnest, it was temporizing and vacillating. But, possibly, anticipating Paul's refusal, he wished merely to avoid the odium of refusing to remove the trial to Jerusalem.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 25:10

• Appeal
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Commentaries on Acts 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings