Acts 25:18

18 When the accusers took the floor, they didn't charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.

Acts 25:18 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 25:18

Against whom when the accusers stood up
As they were obliged to do, whilst they were exhibiting their charges, bearing their testimonies, and producing their proofs; ( Acts 25:7 ) .

They brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:
for by his being left in bonds, and by the information of the chief priests and elders, and their violence against him, he imagined he must be chargeable with some notorious capital crime.

Acts 25:18 In-Context

16 I told them it is contrary to Roman practice to hand someone over before they have faced their accusers and had opportunity to offer a defense against the charges.

17 When they came here, I didn't put them off. The very next day I took my seat in the court and ordered that the man be brought before me.

18 When the accusers took the floor, they didn't charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.

19 Instead, they quibbled with him about their own religion and about some dead man named Jesus, who Paul claimed was alive.

20 Since I had no idea how to investigate these matters, I asked if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem to stand trial there on these issues.