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Apostelgeschichte 25:16

Listen to Apostelgeschichte 25:16
16 Denen antwortete ich: Es ist der Römer Weise nicht, daß ein Mensch übergeben werde, ihn umzubringen, ehe denn der Verklagte seine Kläger gegenwärtig habe und Raum empfange, sich auf die Anklage zu verantworten.

Apostelgeschichte 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.

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Apostelgeschichte 25:16 In-Context

14 Und da sie viele Tage daselbst gewesen waren, legte Festus dem König den Handel von Paulus vor und sprach: Es ist ein Mann von Felix hinterlassen gefangen,
15 um welches willen die Hohenpriester und Ältesten vor mir erschienen, da ich zu Jerusalem war, und baten, ich sollte ihn richten lassen;
16 Denen antwortete ich: Es ist der Römer Weise nicht, daß ein Mensch übergeben werde, ihn umzubringen, ehe denn der Verklagte seine Kläger gegenwärtig habe und Raum empfange, sich auf die Anklage zu verantworten.
17 Da sie aber her zusammenkamen, machte ich keinen Aufschub und hielt des andern Tages Gericht und hieß den Mann vorbringen;
18 und da seine Verkläger auftraten, brachten sie der Ursachen keine auf, deren ich mich versah.
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