Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 25:16

16 Wǒ duì tāmen shuō , wúlùn shénme rén , beì gào hái méiyǒu hé yuán gào duì zhì , wèi dé jīhuì fēnsù suǒ gào tāde shì , jiù xiān déng tāde zuì , zhè bú shì Luómǎ rén de tiaólì .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 25:16 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 25:16

To whom I answered
As follows:

it is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die; or to
give any man to destruction;
to pass sentence of death upon him, without hearing his cause, and purely at the request of another, and merely to gratify him:

before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face;
so as to speak to his face, or before him, what they have to charge him with:

and have licence to answer for himself, concerning the crime laid
against him;
and this was also according to the law of the Jews, ( John 7:51 ) though Festus, from such an application to him by the chief priests and elders, might conclude that their manner was different, he being ignorant of their laws and customs; but their prejudice to the apostle carried them to act such an illegal part, or at least to desire it might be acted: it is one of the Jewish canons, that it is unlawful for a judge to hear one of the contending parties, before the other is come in.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 25:16 In-Context

14 Zaì nàli zhù le duō rì , fēi sī dū jiāng Bǎoluó de shì gàosu wáng , shuō , zhèlǐ yǒu yī gèrén , shì Féilìsī liú zaì jiānlǐ de .

15 Wǒ zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng de shíhou , Jìsīzhǎng hé Yóutaì de zhǎnglǎo , jiāng tāde shì bǐng bào le wǒ , qiú wǒ déng tāde zuì .

16 Wǒ duì tāmen shuō , wúlùn shénme rén , beì gào hái méiyǒu hé yuán gào duì zhì , wèi dé jīhuì fēnsù suǒ gào tāde shì , jiù xiān déng tāde zuì , zhè bú shì Luómǎ rén de tiaólì .

17 Jízhì tāmen dōu lái dào zhèlǐ , wǒ jiù bú dān yán , dì èr tiān biàn zuò táng , fēnfu bǎ nà rén tí shàng lái .

18 Gào tāde rén zhàn zhe gào tā . suǒ gào de , bìng méiyǒu wǒ suǒ nì liào de nà dĕng ĕ shì .