Acts 28:18

18 "They questioned me. And they wanted to let me go. They saw I wasn't guilty of any crime worthy of death.

Acts 28:18 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 28:18

Who when they had examined me
About the things laid to his charge, had heard what his accusers had to object to him, and the defence he made for himself:

would have let [me] go;
released him from his bonds, and set him at liberty to go where he pleased:

because there was no cause of death in me;
no crime proved upon him, which was worthy of death; and this was the sense of Lysias the chief captain, and of Felix and Festus the Roman governors, and of King Agrippa.

Acts 28:18 In-Context

16 When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself. But a soldier guarded him.

17 Three days later Paul called a meeting of the Jewish leaders. So they came. Paul said to them, "My brothers, I have done nothing against our people. I have also done nothing against what our people of long ago practiced. But I was arrested in Jerusalem. I was handed over to the Romans.

18 "They questioned me. And they wanted to let me go. They saw I wasn't guilty of any crime worthy of death.

19 But the Jews objected. So I had to make an appeal to Caesar. "It wasn't that I had anything against my own people.

20 I share Israel's hope. That is why I am held with this chain. So I have asked to see you and talk with you."