Acts 28:18

18 They examined me and were ready to release me, because I had done nothing to justify a death sentence.

Acts 28:18 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 28:18

Who when they had examined me
About the things laid to his charge, had heard what his accusers had to object to him, and the defence he made for himself:

would have let [me] go;
released him from his bonds, and set him at liberty to go where he pleased:

because there was no cause of death in me;
no crime proved upon him, which was worthy of death; and this was the sense of Lysias the chief captain, and of Felix and Festus the Roman governors, and of King Agrippa.

Acts 28:18 In-Context

16 And when we arrived at Rome, the officer allowed Sha'ul to stay by himself, though guarded by a soldier.

17 After three days Sha'ul called a meeting of the local Jewish leaders. When they had gathered, he said to them: "Brothers, although I have done nothing against either our people or the traditions of our fathers, I was made a prisoner in Yerushalayim and handed over to the Romans.

18 They examined me and were ready to release me, because I had done nothing to justify a death sentence.

19 But when the Judeans objected, I was forced to appeal to the Emperor - not that I had any charge to make against my own people.

20 This is why I have asked to see you and speak with you, for it is because of the hope of Isra'el that I have this chain around me."