Actes 25:11

11 Si j'ai commis quelque injustice, ou quelque crime digne de mort, je ne refuse pas de mourir; mais s'il n'est rien des choses dont ils m'accusent, personne ne peut me livrer à eux; j'en appelle à César.

Actes 25:11 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 25:11

For if I be an offender
Against the law of Moses, or the temple at Jerusalem, or Caesar the Roman emperor:

or have committed anything worthy of death;
by the laws of the Romans, as sedition, murder

I refuse not to die;
signifying that he did not decline going to Jerusalem, either through any consciousness of guilt, or fear of death; for if anything could be proved against him, that was of a capital nature, he did not desire to escape death; he was ready to die for it; this was no subterfuge, or shift, to evade or defer justice:

but if there be none of these things;
to be found, or proved, and made to appear:

whereof these accuse me;
pointing to the Jews, that came down to be his accusers, and had laid many and grievous charges against him:

no man may deliver me unto them;
not justly, or according to the Roman laws; suggesting that Festus himself could not do it legally;

I appeal unto Caesar;
to this the apostle was induced, partly by the conduct of the governor, who seemed inclined to favour the Jews; and partly by the knowledge he might have of their intention to lie in wait for him, should he go up to Jerusalem; and chiefly by the vision he had had, which assured him that he must bear witness of Christ at Rome, ( Acts 23:11 ) .

Actes 25:11 In-Context

9 Toutefois Festus, voulant faire plaisir aux Juifs, prit la parole et dit à Paul: Veux-tu monter à Jérusalem, et y être jugé sur ces choses devant moi?

10 Et Paul dit: Je comparais devant le tribunal de César; il faut que j'y sois jugé; je n'ai fait aucun tort aux Juifs, comme tu le sais très bien.

11 Si j'ai commis quelque injustice, ou quelque crime digne de mort, je ne refuse pas de mourir; mais s'il n'est rien des choses dont ils m'accusent, personne ne peut me livrer à eux; j'en appelle à César.

12 Alors Festus, après en avoir conféré avec son conseil, répondit: Tu en as appelé à César, tu iras à César.

13 Quelques jours après, le roi Agrippa et Bérénice vinrent à Césarée, pour saluer Festus.