King James Version
Acts 25:11
11For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cesar.
Acts 25:11 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)If, however, I am guilty of doing anything deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if the charges brought against me by these Jews are not true, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)If then I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything for which I deserve to die, I do not seek to escape death. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar."
- New King James Version (NKJV)For if I am an offender, or have committed anything deserving of death, I do not object to dying; but if there is nothing in these things of which these men accuse me, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)If I have done something worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die. But if I am innocent, no one has a right to turn me over to these men to kill me. I appeal to Caesar!”
Context of Acts 25:11
9But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me? 10Then 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. For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cesar. 12Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Cesar? unto Cesar shalt thou go. 13And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cesarea to salute Festus.
Read all of Acts 25Acts 25:11 word by word
εἰ μὲν οὖν ἀδικῶ καὶ ἄξιον θανάτου πέπραχά τι, οὐ παραιτοῦμαι τὸ ἀποθανεῖν· εἰ δὲ οὐδέν ἐστιν ὧν οὗτοι κατηγοροῦσίν μου, οὐδείς με δύναται αὐτοῖς χαρίσασθαι. Καίσαρα ἐπικαλοῦμαι.¶Read the interlinear
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Forγάρgar · forG1063
- ifεἰei · ifG1487
- ·μένmen · on the other handG3303
- I be an offenderἀδικέωadikeō · to harmG91
- orκαίkai · andG2532
- have committedπράσσωprassō · to do/requireG4238
- any thingτιςtis · oneG5100
- worthyἄξιοςaxios · worthyG514
- of deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
- I refuseπαραιτέομαιparaiteomai · to refuse/excuseG3868
- notοὐou · noG3756
- to dieἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
- butδέde · thenG1161
- there beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- noneοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
- of these things whereofὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- accuseκατηγορέωkatēgoreō · to accuseG2723
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- mayδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
- deliverχαρίζωcharizomai · to give graceG5483
- unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- I appeal untoἐπικαλέωepikaleomai · to call (on)/nameG1941
- CesarΚαῖσαρKaisar · CaesarG2541
Cross-references for Acts 25:11
- Acts 18:14And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
- Joshua 22:22The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the Lord, (save us not this day,)
- 1 Samuel 12:3Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
- Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
- Psalms 7:3O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
- Acts 16:37But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
- Acts 22:25And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
- Acts 25:10Then 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.
- Acts 26:32Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cesar.
- Acts 28:19But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
- 1 Samuel 27:1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
Commentaries on Acts 25:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11For if I be an offender - If it can be proved that I have broken the laws, so as to expose me to capital punishment, I do not wish to save my life by subterfuges; I am before the only competent tribunal; here my business should be ultimately decided. No man may deliver me unto them - The words of the apostle are very strong and appropriate. The Jews asked as a favor, , from Festus, that he would send Paul to Jerusalem, Acts 25:3. Festus, willing to do the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11For if I be an offender - If I have injured the Jews so as to deserve death. If it can be proved that I have done injury to anyone. I refuse not to die - I have no wish to escape justice. I do not wish to evade the laws, or to take advantage of any circumstances to screen me from just punishment. Paul‘s whole course showed that this was the noble spirit which actuated him. No true Christian wishes to escape from the laws. He will honor them, and not seek…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. 1111. I appeal to Cæsar--The right of appeal to the supreme power, in case of life and death, was secured by an ancient law to every Roman citizen, and continued under the empire. Had Festus shown any disposition to pronounce final judgment, Paul, strong in the consciousness of his innocence and the justice of a Roman tribunal, would not have made this appeal. But when the only other alternative offered him was to give his own consent to be transferred to…Read the comment
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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
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