Acts 25:8-11

8 [while] Paul said in his defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews nor against the temple nor against Caesar have I sinned with reference to anything!"

9 But Festus, [because he] wanted to do a favor for the Jews, answered [and] said to Paul, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to be tried before me there concerning these [things]?"

10 But Paul said, "I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where it is necessary [for] me to be judged. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.

11 If then I am doing wrong and have done anything deserving death, I am not trying to avoid dying. But if there is nothing [true] of [the things] which these [people] are accusing me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!"

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[while]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("said in his defense")
• [b] *Here "[because]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("wanted") which is understood as causal
• [c] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb
• [d] Or "I am in the wrong"
• [e] *Here the present tense has been translated as conative ("trying to avoid")