Acts 26:31

31 And [as they] were going out, they were talking to one another, saying, "This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment."

Acts 26:31 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 26:31

And when they were gone aside
Into some apartment adjoining to the judgment hall:

they talked between themselves;
that the common people might not hear their debates, and the result of them, and what were their sentiments concerning Paul and his case:

saying, this man doth nothing worthy of death,
or of bonds; according to the Roman laws; for as yet there were no laws among the Romans against the Christians as such, or against their professing and preaching Christ.

Acts 26:31 In-Context

29 And Paul [replied], "I pray to God, whether in a short time or in a long time, not only you but also all those who are listening to me today may become such [people] as I also am, except for these bonds!"

30 Both the king and the governor got up, and Bernice and those who were sitting with them.

31 And [as they] were going out, they were talking to one another, saying, "This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment."

32 And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar."

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[as]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were going out")