Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 25:11

11 Wǒ ruò xíng le bú yì de shì , fàn le shénme gāisǐ de zuì , jiù shì sǐ , wǒ yĕ bú cí . tāmen suǒ gào wǒde shì ruò dōu bú shí , jiù méiyǒu rén kĕyǐ bǎ wǒ jiāo gĕi tāmen . wǒ yào shàng gào yú Gāisǎ .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 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 ) .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 25:11 In-Context

9 Dàn fēi sī dōu yào tǎo Yóutaìrén de xǐhuan , jiù wèn Bǎoluó shuō , nǐ yuànyì shàng Yēlùsǎlĕng qù , zaì nàli tīng wǒ shĕn duàn zhè shì má .

10 Bǎoluó shuō , wǒ zhàn zaì Gāisǎ de táng qián , zhè jiù shì wǒ yīngdāng shòu shĕn de dìfang . wǒ xiàng Yóutaìrén bìng méiyǒu xíng guò shénme bú yì de shì , zhè yĕ shì nǐ míng míng zhīdào de .

11 Wǒ ruò xíng le bú yì de shì , fàn le shénme gāisǐ de zuì , jiù shì sǐ , wǒ yĕ bú cí . tāmen suǒ gào wǒde shì ruò dōu bú shí , jiù méiyǒu rén kĕyǐ bǎ wǒ jiāo gĕi tāmen . wǒ yào shàng gào yú Gāisǎ .

12 Fēi sī dū hé yì huì shāngliang le , jiù shuō , nǐ jì shǎng gào yú Gāisǎ , kĕyǐ wǎng Gāisǎ nàli qù .

13 Guò le xiē rìzi , yà jī pà wáng , hé bǎi ní jī zhī , lái dào Gāisālíyà , wèn fēi sī dū ān .