Hechos 25:11

11 Si soy, pues, un malhechor y he hecho algo digno de muerte, no rehúso morir; pero si ninguna de esas cosas de que éstos me acusan es verdad, nadie puede entregarme a ellos. Apelo al César.

Hechos 25:11 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 25:11

For if I be an offender
Against the law of Moses, or the temple at Jerusalem, or Caesar the Roman emperor:

or have committed anything worthy of death;
by the laws of the Romans, as sedition, murder

I refuse not to die;
signifying that he did not decline going to Jerusalem, either through any consciousness of guilt, or fear of death; for if anything could be proved against him, that was of a capital nature, he did not desire to escape death; he was ready to die for it; this was no subterfuge, or shift, to evade or defer justice:

but if there be none of these things;
to be found, or proved, and made to appear:

whereof these accuse me;
pointing to the Jews, that came down to be his accusers, and had laid many and grievous charges against him:

no man may deliver me unto them;
not justly, or according to the Roman laws; suggesting that Festus himself could not do it legally;

I appeal unto Caesar;
to this the apostle was induced, partly by the conduct of the governor, who seemed inclined to favour the Jews; and partly by the knowledge he might have of their intention to lie in wait for him, should he go up to Jerusalem; and chiefly by the vision he had had, which assured him that he must bear witness of Christ at Rome, ( Acts 23:11 ) .

Hechos 25:11 In-Context

9 Pero Festo, queriendo hacer un favor a los judíos, respondió a Pablo, y dijo: ¿Estás dispuesto a subir a Jerusalén y a ser juzgado delante de mí por estas acusaciones?

10 Entonces Pablo respondió: Ante el tribunal del César estoy, que es donde debo ser juzgado. Ningún agravio he hecho a los judíos, como también tú muy bien sabes.

11 Si soy, pues, un malhechor y he hecho algo digno de muerte, no rehúso morir; pero si ninguna de esas cosas de que éstos me acusan es verdad, nadie puede entregarme a ellos. Apelo al César.

12 Entonces Festo, habiendo deliberado con el consejo, respondió: Al César has apelado, al César irás.

13 Pasados varios días, el rey Agripa y Berenice llegaron a Cesarea y fueron a saludar a Festo.