Acts 25:8-11

8 while Paul said in his own defense, "¹I have committed no offense either against the Law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar."

9 But Festus, ²wishing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, "³Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me on these charges?"

10 But Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's ⁴tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know.

11 "If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of those things is true of which these men accuse me, no one can hand me over to them. I ⁵appeal to Caesar."

Cross References

• 1. Acts 6:13; Acts 24:12; Acts 28:17
• 2. Acts 12:3; Acts 24:27
• 3. Acts 25:20
• 4. Matthew 27:19; Acts 25:6, 17
• 5. Acts 25:21, 25; Acts 26:32; Acts 28:19

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "be judged"