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

8Paul said in his defense, “I have committed no offense against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.” 9But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried before me there on these charges?” 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. 11If then I am in the wrong and have done anything that deserves death, I am not trying to escape dying, but if not one of their charges against me is true, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!” 12Then, after conferring with his council, Festus 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 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!”
• Acts 22:25When 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?”
• Acts 25:25But 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 23:29I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.
• Acts 26:31and as they were leaving they said to one another, “This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment.”
• Acts 28:18When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
• Matthew 27:18(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)
• 2 Corinthians 4:2But 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.

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